Object Information
Peter Blume
American, born Russia, 1906-1992
Study, c. 1943/48
Oil paint on white wove paper, tipped on dark green wove paper
73 x 101 mm
Gift of Peter Blume, 1963.912.3
Prints and Drawings
Not on Display
The Russian-born artist Peter Blume employed the Renaissance technique of making drawings and multiple small-scale paintings in preparation for his large finished compositions. This drawing, given to the museum by the artist in the 1960s, is one of many studies for the Art Institute’s painting The Rock (1956.338). Taken as a group, the studies for the painting demonstrate the artist’s working method and show the progression of The Rock from an idea to the finished painting.