DrawingsAmerican20th century

Study for "Box Smashed Flat (Vicksburg)"

1960

Artists

Edward RuschaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on cream tracing paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

57.7 × 47.1 cm (22 11/16 × 18 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Stavros Merjos and Honor Fraser. [Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

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