Etel Adnan

landscape as inner form

Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer whose paintings, drawings, and tapestries often depict landscapes through simple, vibrant shapes. Her Mount Tamalpais series reduces mountain forms to blocks of color that hold emotional resonance.

Adnan’s leporello books combine text, drawing, and abstraction into continuous narrative space.

Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American artist and writer known for vibrant abstract landscapes and poetic visual narratives.

Etel Adnan was a Lebanese-American artist known for vibrant abstract landscapes, color-blocked mountains, and poetic visual narratives.

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