Artist
Robert Ormerod Preusser (American, 1919–1992)American, 1919–1992
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Composition No. 1
Date1940
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumCasein, tempera, ink, wax crayon and graphite on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 21 5/16 × 14 7/16 in. (54.1 × 36.7 cm)
Credit Line16th Annual Houston Artists Exhibition, museum purchase prize, 1940
Object number40.212
Non exposé
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Department
Prints and DrawingsObject Type
"Around Midcentury in the United States," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Aug. 20, 2021 - Jan. 2, 2022. [Second Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso center in pencil: up / [arrow pointing up] / Composition No 1
recto lower right in ink: Robert Preusser 1940
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