Meem

Anwar Jalal Shemza · 1964

Before you is Meem — a painting by the British artist Anwar Jalal Shemza, nineteen sixty-four. Oil on canvas — about 91 by 91 centimeters. Measured, it is among the most saturated surfaces in this museum — 67 where the typical work sits at 11. In the picture, look for the abstract geometric.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 36 × 36" (91.4 × 91.4 cm) · Credit Purchase

Hanging beside it in Gallery 404: Silvered Circle, Encounter

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Some, Suprematist Painting, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 2x-2, Untitled, Acrylic No. 3