DrawingsAmerican20th century

Plane

1968

Artists

Vija CelminsArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on acrylic ground on white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

34.9 × 47.2 cm (13 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.) frame: 41.6 × 53.7 × 4.1 cm (16 3/8 × 21 1/8 × 1 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Vija Celmins; to Clayton Garrison, Laguna Beach, California. Robert Egelston, Los Angeles, California. Jean Milant, Los Angeles, California. [Kasumi Sonoyama, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

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