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Composition in Brown

A work made of watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper.
© Estate of Norman Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

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  • A work made of watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1953

Artist:

Norman Lewis
American, 1909-1979

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Norman Lewis

Title

Composition in Brown

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.

1953

Medium

Watercolor and brush and black ink, with pen and brown and black ink, red chalk, and brown pastel, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

48.2 × 61 cm (19 × 24 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

AIC Insurance Depreciation Fund

Reference Number

1954.121

Copyright

© Estate of Norman Lewis; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY

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