Abstract painting with bold black lines and bright color blocks in yellow, blue, green, and red.

Drawings

Construction

1948

Medium
Brush and ink, fiber-tipped pen and wax crayon on paper on board
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 14 in. (43.3 × 35.6 cm) Mount (board): 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 in. (48.6 × 39.1 cm)
Accession number
50.4
Acquired
1950
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© Estate of Hans Hofmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

Hans Hofmann, Construction, 1948. Brush and ink, fiber-tipped pen and wax crayon on paper on board, sheet: 17 1/16 × 14 in. (43.3 × 35.6 cm) Mount (board): 19 1/8 × 15 3/8 in. (48.6 × 39.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 50.4. © Estate of Hans Hofmann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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