1953
This was the cover of a sketchpad; black fabric binding at left edge.
actual: 35.3 x 43.2 cm (13 7/8 x 17 in.)
Morris Louis, bequest; to Marcella Louis Brenner, 1962, gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.
Graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on buff paper
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