Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Abstract Composition

Abstract Composition

© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

Abstract Composition
Abstract Composition
ArtistAmerican, 1890–1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Abstract Composition
Date1916
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions21 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (54.6 × 42.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation and the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2000.63
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The American Watercolor," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 25 March - 14 May 2000.

Exhibited "Man Ray--A Retrospective", Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France, February 22-June 9, 1997.

Exhibited "Man Ray", Serpentine Gallery, London, England, January 18, 1995-March 12, 1995.

"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.

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