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The Elliott Room (Charter Series)

A work made of charter: oil paint on anodized aluminum with six hexagonal round-faced steel bolts; charter ii-v: lascaux acrylic on epoxy-edged fiberglass with aluminum with four unpainted round steel bolts.
© 1985-87 Robert Ryman, Courtesy Pace Wildenstein.

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  • A work made of charter: oil paint on anodized aluminum with six hexagonal round-faced steel bolts; charter ii-v: lascaux acrylic on epoxy-edged fiberglass with aluminum with four unpainted round steel bolts.

Date:

1985/87

Artist:

Robert Ryman
American, 1930-2019

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Robert Ryman

Title

The Elliott Room (Charter Series)

Place

United States (Object made in)

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.

1985–1987

Medium

Charter: Oil paint on anodized aluminum with six hexagonal round-faced steel bolts; Charter II-V: Lascaux acrylic on epoxy-edged fiberglass with aluminum with four unpainted round steel bolts

Dimensions

914.4 × 762 cm (360 × 300 in.); Installed: 910 × 710 cm (358 5/16 × 279 9/16 in.); Charter I: 208.3 × 78.7 × 6.4 cm (82 × 31 × 2 1/2 in.); Charter II: 238.1 × 237.8 cm (93 3/4 × 93 5/8 in.); Charter III: 214 × 213.4 cm (84 1/4 × 84 in.); Charter IV: 183.8 × 182.9 cm (72 3/8 × 72 in.); Charter V: 242.6 × 242.6 cm (95 1/2 × 95 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gerald S. Elliott Collection

Reference Number

1990.132a-e

Copyright

© 1985-87 Robert Ryman, Courtesy Pace Wildenstein.

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