balance

This is a piece of art that I found from the book Megg's History of Design. It stuck out to me because of the bold contrast and simplicity.  The design has a very good balance of white and black. The alternating black and white legs in the middle and the top and bottom negative space causes a very interesting layout.  It has symmetrical balance from top to bottom, down the middle split. even the small type at the bottom is symmetrical with the artwork which is important.