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Ilya Bolotowsky

Abstraction

Maker

Ilya Bolotowsky (American, 1907-1981)

Title

Abstraction

Year

1941

Medium

  • Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Oil on canvas

Materials

oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

53.7 x 84.4 cm (21 1/8 x 33 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Right center of the frame, RISD accession number.On the verso side of the frame in the upper left corner, in black ink is the RISD accession number.Below the ink in pencil is the RISD accession number repeated.In the upper center of the frame in pencil is the RISD accession number.In the upper left corner of the verso frame are remnants of a newspaper.To the right of the newspaper in pencil is an encircled "1" next to which is either a "55" or "SS".IN the upper right quadrant of the verso frame, in black ink and upside down is the RISD accessio number. In the upper right corner of the verso frame are remnants of a newspaper.Below the newspaper there appears to be an old loan sticker, upside down and torn.The writing is as follows, "[an illegible letter or number]...N.../ Loan... [illegible writing] OSTS / By [illegible letter] [half of an n] [rest of label is ripped off]".In the right center of the frame in pencil is the RISD accession number.

Label: In the lower left corner of the backing board is a new RISD Museum label with red trim.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. George H. Warren, Jr.

Object Number

56.057

Type

  • Paintings

Exhibition History

Early Modernism in America
Feb 24, 1995 – Apr 16, 1995
From the Reserve IV
Nineteenth-Century American Painting
Jul 22, 1994 – Oct 02, 1994
Prints and Drawings with a Classical Reference
Dec 15, 1965 – Jan 09, 1966

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Ilya Bolotowsky (American, 1907-1981)
Abstraction, 1941
oil on canvas
53.7 x 84.4 cm (21 1/8 x 33 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. George H. Warren, Jr. 56.057

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