Abstract Design
Abstract Design

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Abstract Design,

1931

Abraham Walkowitz, American, 1878–1965
x1947-59

Information

Title
Abstract Design
Dates

1931

Maker
Abraham Walkowitz
Medium
Black wash with touches of white gouache over graphite
Dimensions
17.4 x 13.5 cm. (6 7/8 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
x1947-59
Signatures
Signed in black wash, lower center: A.W. Signed and dated in black ink, lower right: A. WALKOWITZ 1931 Signed in black ink, on verso lower center: A. Walkowitz
Culture
American
Type
drawings
Materials
gouache, wash, wove paper, graphite
Subject
geometric motifs, abstraction, circles (plane figures), triangles (polygons), line, black

Abraham Walkowitz (1878–1965); gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1947.

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