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American Art

Two Forms in Space

Tom Lias

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

A painter, sculptor, educator, and graphic artist, Tom Lias did not achieve the fame of the leading artists of the time. His work nonetheless exemplifies many of the same qualities. Here, Lias unites certain formal characteristics of the period’s painting with the prevalent graphic-design principles in a composition of architectural spaces.

Caption

Tom Lias (American, 1903–1960). Two Forms in Space, 1946. Lithograph and intaglio on light board, image: 14 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (36.5 x 25.8 cm) sheet: 16 7/8 x 10 13/16 in. (42.8 x 27.5 cm) mat: 15 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (40.5 x 56 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of The Museum of Modern Art, 70.113.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Artist

Tom Lias

Title

Two Forms in Space

Date

1946

Medium

Lithograph and intaglio on light board

Classification

Print

Dimensions

image: 14 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (36.5 x 25.8 cm) sheet: 16 7/8 x 10 13/16 in. (42.8 x 27.5 cm) mat: 15 15/16 x 22 1/16 in. (40.5 x 56 cm)

Signatures

Signed, lower right, in graphite: "Tom Lias '46".

Inscriptions

Inscribed, lower left, in graphite: "Two Forms in Space 10/15"; lower right, in graphite: "Tom Lias '46"; on mat, below sheet, lower center edge, in graphite: "Two Forms in Space" [underlined].

Credit Line

Gift of The Museum of Modern Art

Accession Number

70.113.1

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Artists and makers

Tom Lias

6 works in the collection