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Four boxes in a square, each containing sketches of abstracted steel girders

Four nearly square rectangular boxes hand drawn in black ink lines, are spaced slightly apart and arranged in a square with a narrow margin on a sheet of off white paper. Each one contains a sketch with a common motif at its center. Based on the shape of a steel support girder, two parallel narrow bars run the length vertically of each box. Opposing triangle shapes appear between them formed by alternating diagonal lines. In each box, this design is individually embellished with differing areas of cross-hatching and shading.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2001.201
People
Ralston Crawford, American (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1906 - 1978 Houston, Texas)
Title
Studies for "Third Avenue Elevated"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1951
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/95473

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on cream wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 36.7 x 29.3 cm (14 7/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: back of frame, printed and typed
  • inscription: back of frame, lower left, graphite: RC42758

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Zabriskie Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Diane and Michael Maher
Copyright
© Ralston Crawford Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2001
Object Number
2001.201
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

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Exhibition History

  • Six American Painters and the Photograph, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, 01/30/2001 - 03/17/2001
  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008
  • 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016

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