M24007: Third Avenue Elevated #1
PrintsA bold, solid black horizontal rectangle fills most of a cream colored sheet, with a narrow margin all around. Within the rectangle, bright white shapes are contained, suggesting light coming through a dark grid. These are mainly in vertical stacks grouped in three general regions, center, left and right. At center, a pattern of parallel diagonal stripes are larger than other shapes, as if they are in the foreground. At left a group of small sideways “L” shapes point leftward at a slight angle. At right, groups of angled irregular shapes also suggest negative space between supports in a grid.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- M24007
- People
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Ralston Crawford, American (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1906 - 1978 Houston, Texas)
- Title
- Third Avenue Elevated #1
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1951
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/254121
Physical Descriptions
- Technique
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
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image: 26.4 x 44 cm (10 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)
sheet: 32.7 x 50.4 cm (12 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: l.r. in graphite: 2/8 Ralston Crawford
- inscription: l.l. in graphite: III A
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, February 6, 1996.
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- A
- Edition
- 2/8
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
- Copyright
- © Ralston Crawford Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Accession Year
- 1996
- Object Number
- M24007
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1110 Mid-Century Abstraction II (Post-Painterly Abstraction), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/06/2016 - 10/13/2016
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Verification Level
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