Mainline by Gerson August Leiber
Mainline
Gerson August Leiber
Title
Mainline
Artist
Gerson August Leiber
1921 - 2018 (biography)Year
1967
Technique
engraving, mixed media intaglio
Image Size
14 3/4 x 8 3/4" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
around 250
Annotations
titled, lower left; dated after signature
Reference
Associated American Artists (AAA) 1420
Paper
cream wove
State
published
Publisher
Associated American Artists (AAA)
Inventory ID
13744
Price
$300.00
Description
A straightforward, nearly flat piece that nevertheless jumps with movement, Gerson August Leiber’s “Mainline” is simple in concept: just a telephone pole and its lines stretched up and out against a flat white space, hardly worth capturing, with a low horizon portrayed as a jumble of trestle limbs and more telephone poles. Yet the entire composition is alive with energetic, zigzagged lines bouncing around the intersecting components, suggesting connection and communication, and reading almost like a musical score.