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Artist
Etel Adnan
1925–2021 · Lebanese-American · Based in Paris, France; Sausalito, California (d. 2021)
- Sorbonne, Paris
- UC Berkeley
- Harvard University
- Oil Painting
- Leporello Accordion Books
- Tapestry
- Poetry
Etel Adnan was both a major writer and painter, moving between Beirut, Paris and California. Her small paintings use blocks of saturated color to compress mountains, suns and landscapes into direct abstract structures, while leporello books join drawing, writing and calligraphy.
Painting; writing; tapestry; leporello
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Etel Adnan on art and urgency
San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1980s–2010sMount Tamalpais paintings
- 1960sUntitled
- 1980The Arab Apocalypse
- 1986Journey to Mount Tamalpais
- 1960s–2010sLeporello drawings
- 2000sUntitled
- 2010sLe Soleil Toujours
- 2010sCalifornia
- 1970sUntitled tapestry
- 2016The Weight of the World
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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