Abstract mixed-media composition with crisscrossing lines framing a dark central void and purple blocks.

Drawings

Dark Nature Theme

1945

Medium
Casein, graphite pencil, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 22 1/4 × 30 13/16 in. (56.5 × 78.3 cm)
Accession number
46.13
Acquired
1946
Credit line
Purchase
Department
collection

About this work

Louis Schanker, Dark Nature Theme, 1945. Casein, graphite pencil, and pen and ink on paper, sheet: 22 1/4 × 30 13/16 in. (56.5 × 78.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 46.13

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