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Tango

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper.

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  • A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1914/15

Artist:

Elie Nadelman
American, born Poland, 1885-1946

About this artwork

An American sculptor of Polish birth, Elie Nadelman lived in Paris between 1904 and 1914 and was closely involved with the avant-garde. He immigrated to the United States at the outbreak of Word War I, setting up a studio in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, where he worked for the rest of his life.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Elie Nadelman

Title

Tango

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.

1914–1915

Medium

Pen and brown ink and brush and brown watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

31 × 21 cm (12 1/4 × 8 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Sanford Schwartz

Reference Number

1982.420

Extended information about this artwork

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