Totem

Adolph Gottlieb

United States, 1947

Oil on canvas

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

This abstract painting is composed of a grid of squares and rectangles, each containing stylized symbols and shapes. The overall composition resembles a totem pole with various faces and forms stacked vertically. Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof (M.2005.70.35)