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Study for The Rock

A work made of collage composed of colored pastels, charcoal, black chalk, and cut-out painted elements of wove paper on tan tracing paper, squared in graphite and charcoal, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper.

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  • A work made of collage composed of colored pastels, charcoal, black chalk, and cut-out painted elements of wove paper on tan tracing paper, squared in graphite and charcoal, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper.

Date:

1943/48

Artist:

Peter Blume
American, born Russia, 1906-1992

About this artwork

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

Collage composed of colored pastels, charcoal, black chalk, and cut-out painted elements of wove paper on tan tracing paper, squared in graphite and charcoal, tipped onto tannish-green wove paper

Dimensions

14.1 × 19 cm (5 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Peter Blume

Reference Number

1962.1097

Extended information about this artwork

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