Final Study for "Piano Keys"

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Object Details

Artist

Josef Albers, American, b. Bottrop, Germany, 1888–1976

Provenance

The artist, Connecticut, to 7 June 1968

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York and Washington, DC, 7 June 1968-31 August 1981

Estate of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1981-1986

Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Exhibition History

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Josef Albers: Innovation and Inspiration," 13 February-11 April 2010, no cat.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, The Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest, 1981

Date

1932

Accession Number

86.61

Type

Painting

Medium

Opaque paint and pencil on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 15 7/16 × 25 3/4 in. (39.2 × 65.4 cm) image: 13 9/16 × 24 3/16 in. (34.4 × 61.4 cm)

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School

Geometric Abstraction

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2ab99055e-b438-4352-a567-60f677f129cb

Record ID

hmsg_86.61