Study for Excavation (recto); Sheet of Sketches (verso)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Peter Blume

Title

Study for Excavation (recto); Sheet of Sketches (verso)

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.

1943–1945

Medium

Charcoal, with stumping (recto), and graphite (verso), on tan wove paper, recto tipped on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

21.6 × 28 cm (8 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter Blume

Reference Number

1963.907

Extended information about this artwork

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