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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Line of Prisoners, Sketch for the Rikers Island Mural

1934

Artists

Lou BlockArtist

Description

Work is painted on the back of an advertising card for a movie theatre.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Oil and black ink on buff cardboard

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

36 x 55.8 cm (14 3/16 x 21 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Lou Block, 1934, possibly by bequest; to Malu Nay Block and Fayette Block Watkis, 1969, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1998.

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