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Graph paper with faint penciled rectangular outline and handwritten notes about layer counts along bottom.

Drawings

3 Layers of chalk, producing densities

Barry Le Va

1968

Medium
Pen and ink, fiber tipped pen, spray paint and graphite pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Accession number
P.2011.221
Credit line
Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner
Department
special

About this work

Barry Le Va, 3 Layers of chalk, producing densities, 1968. Pen and ink, fiber tipped pen, spray paint and graphite pencil on paper, sheet (Sight): 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner P.2011.221

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