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Study for Excavation

A work made of charcoal, with stumping, on tan wove paper, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper.

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  • A work made of charcoal, with stumping, on tan wove paper, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper.

Date:

1943/48

Artist:

Peter Blume
American, born Russia, 1906-1992

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Peter Blume

Title

Study for Excavation

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1943–1948

Medium

Charcoal, with stumping, on tan wove paper, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper

Dimensions

19 × 28 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter Blume

Reference Number

1963.905

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