Study for The Rock

Prints and Drawings

1943/48

Peter Blume
American, born Russia, 1906-1992

The Russian-born artist Peter Blume employed the Renaissance technique of making drawings and multiple small-scale paintings in preparation for his large-scale, 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, these studies demonstrate the artist’s working method and show the progression of The Rock from an idea to the finished painting.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Peter Blume
Title: Study for The Rock
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: Oil paint, with traces of graphite, on laminated wood pulp board, hinged to dark green wove paper
Dimensions: 10.7 × 12.9 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Peter Blume
Reference Number: 1963.910R

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