Untitled
1957 · Oil on canvas
39 3/8 × 13" (100 × 33 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Elsa Gramcko
1925–1994
WA-00002939
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
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Elsa Gramcko created abstract paintings and sculptures that shifted from geometric precision in the 1950s toward gestural, tachist approaches in later decades. Based in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, she expanded from canvas into three-dimensional work and assemblage during the 1960s and 1970s, developing a practice that moved between disciplined formal structure and spontaneous mark-making. Her evolution across mediums reflects a sustained engagement with abstraction as both intellectual and intuitive territory.
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