Untitled (BMC.116, Abstraction (dogwood leaves))

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR49.401
People: Ruth Asawa, American (Norwalk, California, USA 1926 - 2013 San Francisco, CA)
Title: Untitled (BMC.116, Abstraction (dogwood leaves))
Other Titles: Former Title: Abstraction
Classification: Paintings
Work Type: painting
Date: 1946-1949
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/225503

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, oil paint (?), colored pencil and graphite on paper board, mounted overall to blue-coated paper covered paper board
Dimensions: 14.6 x 40 cm (5 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)
mount: 29.5 x 55.5 cm (11 5/8 x 21 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Josef Albers, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1949.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Josef Albers
Copyright: © Ruth Asawa Lanier, Inc./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy David Zwirner
Accession Year: 1949
Object Number: BR49.401
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/22/2022 - 05/08/2022

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

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BR49.401: Untitled (BMC.116, Abstraction (dogwood leaves))