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Camera Obscura

A work made of college composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard.

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  • A work made of college composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard.

Date:

1937

Artist:

Roland Penrose
English, 1900-1984

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 397

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Roland Penrose

Title

Camera Obscura

Place

England (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.

1937

Medium

College composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including Japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard

Inscriptions

Signed, dated, and titled, lower right: "R. Penrose 1937"; inscribed, lower left: "Camera Obscura"

Dimensions

75.7 × 101.2 cm (29 13/16 × 39 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection

Reference Number

2018.348

Extended information about this artwork

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