Guy de Cointet

French
(1934–1983)

Those were exciting days ...
1971

Ink on paper
33 x 39.125 x 1.375 in.
Gift of the Marie Eccles Caine Foundation
2007.10

• abstract - Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. For the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances, prefer "abstraction." For 20th-century art styles that were a reaction against the traditional European conception of art as the imitation of nature, use "Abstract (fine arts style)."
• alphabets - Characters or symbols with which a language is written, comprising an "alphabetic writing system"; a set of conventions for their use is not necessarily included.
• black
• lines
• minimalism

Drawings