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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Sketchbook: Sketches for Constructions

1960-1961

Artists

Julius SchmidtArtist

Description

39 drawings altogether, drawn on both sides of the paper and dated between September 1960 and January 1961.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and/or brown ball point ink and black felt-tipped pen on two sheets of accordian-folded laminated Japanese paper, bound in a book

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

closed: 17.6 × 11.7 × 1.3 cm (6 15/16 × 4 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Julius Schmidt, sold; to Lois Orswell, 1961, through [Fine Arts Associates, New York, New York (Otto Gerson)], gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1990.

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