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Line Figure with White Surfaces and Telephone

1932

Artists

Willi BaumeisterArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil over incised lines on tan cardstock

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

44.7 × 34.8 cm (17 5/8 × 13 11/16 in.)

Provenance

The artist, by bequest; to the Baumeister Estate, sold; through [Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin]; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2017.

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