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Study for Excavation by Peter Blume — VisualArtsDB

Study for Excavation

Study for Excavation

1943–1945

Medium: Charcoal, with stumping, on cream wove paper, tipped onto grayish-tan wove paper
Dimensions: 21.6 × 27.9 cm (8 9/16 × 11 in.)
Genre: charcoal
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)plant materialprints and drawingstudystumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)charcoal

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