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The Ritual

A work made of charcoal, with touches of black pastel, and erasing, scraping and wiping, on off-white wove paper.

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  • A work made of charcoal, with touches of black pastel, and erasing, scraping and wiping, on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1954

Artist:

Calvin Albert
American, born 1918

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Calvin Albert

Title

The Ritual

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.

1954

Medium

Charcoal, with touches of black pastel, and erasing, scraping and wiping, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

74 × 58.5 cm (29 3/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Art Institute Insurance and Purchase Funds

Reference Number

1954.114

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