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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Untitled

1953

Artists

Morris LouisArtist

Description

Torn perforations at center of left edge where sheet was removed from spiral-bound sketchpad. Adhesive (from cellophane tape?) at upper and right edges.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, black ink, and yellow chalk on darkened off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 47.6 x 60.1 cm (18 3/4 x 23 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Morris Louis, bequest; to Marcella Louis Brenner, 1962, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

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