#4 Gestalt Principles

Using the Eye to Trick the Mind

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In this print, there are line drawings and mirrored text in black at the bottom and to the right. The bottom scene depicts a partial figure in profile with lines coming from the head and a small equestrian figure. In the upper left of the print, there is a colored box with a larger profile of a figure in creams, red, yellow and blue. Inside the head there are a series of lines and shapes as well as drawings of small ants. In front of the figure's face there is a rectangular object with ants and other abstract shapes drawn on it. Below the figure's chin is the artist's monogram and the date. Above the figure's head, to the right, is a geometric pattern in black, white, red and blue. A long tube circles the base of the figure's head and extends down to the lower right on the inserted image. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil.
Salvador Dali
Lunettes à hologrammes et ordinateurs pour voir les objets imaginés
drypoint etching, lithograph and screenprint on paper
30 5/16 in x 21 15/16 in (76.99 cm x 55.72 cm)
Anonymous Gift
At the center of the page, there is a bright red and orange lobster as the receiver for an old dial telephone, in blue, green and red. There are thin black lines moving back from the center sides to the horizon, where there is a blue and green mountain range and a small city with a church cross at the upper right. To the left, there are sketchy drawings of figures with a strong shadow in black with red details. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil.
Salvador Dali
Téléphone-homard cybernétique
drypoint etching, lithograph and screenprint on paper
30 5/16 in x 21 15/16 in (76.99 cm x 55.72 cm)
Anonymous Gift
Winding through the center of this print, a melting clock oozes from the top right to the bottom center in red, yellow and blue. To the left of the base of the clock is a bright orange and red bolder. In the background, there is a large landscape with mountains and a cloudy sky. There are three figures in the scene. At the bottom right, a figure is seated with a staff and behind it is a large shape in yellow, red and blue. At the center, there is a sketch of a mounted figure on a rearing horse; and at the upper right, there is a figure with a strong shadow. The print is signed (l.r.) and numbered (l.l.) in pencil. 
Salvador Dali
Espace-temps en fusion
drypoint etching, lithograph and screenprint on paper
30 5/16 in x 21 15/16 in (76.99 cm x 55.72 cm)
Anonymous Gift
This abstract composition shows a fantastical, surreal structure comprised of angular shapes in many colors. A shadow is cast on the brown surface upon which the structure stands. 
Mirko
Allegorical Composition
tempera on paper
18 13/16 in x 13 1/16 in (47.78 cm x 33.18 cm);28 1/8 in x 22 1/8 in (71.44 cm x 56.2 cm)
Museum Purchase
This print shows a figure with a blue body, black head, blue arms, and one black leg and foot and one orange leg and foot in a boneless depiction which resembles the style of a child. There is an orange circle to the right of the figure. A black rectangular outline surrounds the figure and the circle.
Joan Miró
Personnage
lithograph on paper
18 7/8 in x 14 3/4 in (47.94 cm x 37.47 cm);22 1/8 in x 18 in (56.2 cm x 45.72 cm);18 15/16 in x 14 5/8 in (48.1 cm x 37.15 cm);11 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in (28.26 cm x 14.29 cm)
Given by their family in memory of Clement A. and Margaret Earhart Smith
This abstract multi-color design shows a large red, bean-shaped circle filled in with yellow. A black swoosh encircles its waist and a green oval rests above it almost like a parasol. 
Joan Miró
Peintures murales
lithograph on paper
27 7/16 in x 19 5/16 in (69.69 cm x 49.05 cm);27 7/16 in x 19 5/16 in (69.69 cm x 49.05 cm);27 7/16 in x 17 5/16 in (69.69 cm x 43.97 cm);32 1/8 in x 26 1/8 in (81.6 cm x 66.36 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Kripke
This is an abstract design with a green half-circle at the top and a blue one at the bottom, connected by a diagonal line. Between and around these are a large red squiggle, some dots and a large asterisk. 
Joan Miró
XVI Bague d'Aurore
etching on paper
5 1/2 in x 5 5/8 in (13.97 cm x 14.29 cm);15 in x 11 in (38.1 cm x 27.94 cm)
Gift of the Marvin Felheim Collection
This bright, abstract print includes a red ring in the upper right corner which overlaps a larger yellow ring.  There are splotches of light green and black dots. Black and pink intersecting lines are layered over the rings. 
Joan Miró
Cercle Rouge
lithograph on paper
5 3/16 in x 9 1/2 in (13.18 cm x 24.13 cm)
Gift of J. Frederick Hoffman
Jacob Lawrence
Five Builders with Tool Box
soft ground etching and aquatint on paper
19 13/16 x 25 in. (50.3 x 63.5 cm);22 1/16 x 28 1/8 in. (56 x 71.4 cm);10 15/16 x 16 7/8 in. (27.7 x 42.8 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
Jacob Lawrence
Hiroshima Series
screenprint, printed in eleven colors on Somerset soft-white paper
15 x 11 in. (38 x 27.9 cm);19 3/8 x 14 5/16 in. (49.2 x 36.3 cm);13 x 10 in. (32.9 x 25.3 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

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