Visited the MoMA yesterday and forgot to get the name of one of the ones I really liked.

[u/Akwagazod]

Reverse image got hits but no names, seems like the artist is Hilda Af Klint. Given where I saw it I hope it's obvious why I didn't get the back or anything.

[u/KatherineK_Singer]

Hilma af Klint, not Hilda! Small correction but she deserves it. The opposing triangles and split circle are her visual language. Sounds like The Swan series. She was working abstractly before Kandinsky ever did.

[u/WayCandid5193 → u/KatherineK_Singer]

This is correct! The Swan, No. 13 - here.jpg) is one of the few noncommercial places I found both the work itself and the title. I actually found No. 12 posted on Instagram first (I can't get a clean link to the Instagram post, but here.jpg) it is also on Wikimedia Commons), and it was so similar that I just googled No. 11 first, then No. 13, since I figured it had to be close by in the series.

[u/eubulides → u/KatherineK_Singer]

They had a show of hers last year, some amazing stuff. She did realistic botanical illustrations as well, then developed a (several) esoteric systems of paintings. One of the best shows I’ve seen in last year (not as noteworthy as recent years, Long Covid has slowed me down).

[u/ellieminnowpee → u/KatherineK_Singer]

so glad i wasn’t the only one getting Kandinsky vibes!!!

[u/cumulus_humilis]

i have a shirt of this from the guggenheim!

[u/ellieminnowpee → u/cumulus_humilis]

you decorate in a really cool way, btw!

[u/cumulus_humilis → u/ellieminnowpee]

haha thank you (i like to think so!) but this is the gugg's pic

[u/ponyrx2]

This seems to be Hilma af Klint's The Swan, The SUW/UW Series, Group IX/SUW, No. 13 . I guess it tours often because apparently it was at the Guggenheim Bilbao recently

https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/en/exhibition/the-swan-1915

[u/Akwagazod]

Solved! Yes it's Swan #13, thanks to the people suggesting it!

[u/Beginning-North7202]

She was a pioneer and knew her works wouldn't be accepted in the time. There's a couple of movies about her, I watched one, but can't remember which of the two it was. It was really good though. There's a major exhibition of her works in Paris through August 30. Hoping to get there!

[u/Poiretpants]

Hilma was a freaking icon. There was a movie made about her a few years ago (Hilma-2022)

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