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Various white shapes in different sizes within a horizontal black rectangle

A bold, solid black horizontal rectangle fills most of a cream colored sheet, with a narrow margin all around. Within the rectangle, bright white shapes are contained, suggesting light coming through a dark grid. These are mainly in vertical stacks grouped in three general regions, center, left and right. At center, a pattern of parallel diagonal stripes are larger than other shapes, as if they are in the foreground. At left a group of small sideways “L” shapes point leftward at a slight angle. At right, groups of angled irregular shapes also suggest negative space between supports in a grid.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24007
People
Ralston Crawford, American (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1906 - 1978 Houston, Texas)
Title
Third Avenue Elevated #1
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1951
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/254121

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 26.4 x 44 cm (10 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
sheet: 32.7 x 50.4 cm (12 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.r. in graphite: 2/8 Ralston Crawford
  • inscription: l.l. in graphite: III A

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, February 6, 1996.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
A
Edition
2/8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Copyright
© Ralston Crawford Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
M24007
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016

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