Wallace Berman: "Untitled #40, Verifax

 

Wallace Berman: "Untitled #40, Verifax Collage, 6 x 6 1/2 inches, framed 12 x 12 1/2 inches

Kohn Gallery is currently closed to the public. We are receiving deliveries and are available for appointment viewings. Please contact the gallery at 323 461 3311 or email Karys Judd at karys@kohngallery.com. Wearing of face coverings and signing of a waiver will be required for entry.

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1227 North Highland Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90038

T 323 461 3311

Parking in rear off of North Citrus Ave

Wallace Berman: Untitled #40 Verifax Collage

 

Wallace Berman: Untitled #40 Verifax Collage, 6 x 6 1/2 inches, framed 12" by 12 1/2"

Kohn Gallery is currently closed to the public. We are receiving deliveries and are available for appointment viewings. Please contact the gallery at 323 461 3311 or email Karys Judd at karys@kohngallery.com. Wearing of face coverings and signing of a waiver will be required for entry.

Gallery Hours

By appointment only

Gallery Information

1227 North Highland Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90038

T 323 461 3311

Parking in rear off of North Citrus Ave

Wallace Berman (Untitled, but often known as "Faceless Faces") 1963

 

A work by Wallace Berman, sometimes called "Faceless Faces" but not by him. He (very) rarely titled his artwork. The work is owned by MOCA in Los Angeles. Once the museum is open, you can see the work. From their press release: "Interested in chance and spiritual mysticism, Wallace Berman made work rooted in metaphorical explorations. Between 1963 and 1976, he created a series of collages using the Verifax, an early copy machine, to alter found images and reproduce them in mesmerizing duotone grids. Untitled (Faceless Faces) is a grid of photographs of formally dressed couples posing for the camera. Run through the Verifax machine, the resulting reproductions of these photographs were wet, allowing the artist to smudge or erase the faces and identities of the figures. In the resulting collage, the couples have a ghostly presence, their countenances eerily faded and obscured."

1963

Frame: 31 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (79.1 x 79.1 x 3.8 cm)31 1/8 x 31 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. (79.06 x 79.06 x 3.81 cm)

Image: 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (75.57 x 75.57 cm)

CREDIT

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Gift of Lannan Foundation