Untitled

Dateca. 1941

MediumColored pencil and crayon on paper

Dimensions14 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (36.8 × 29.8 cm)
Framed: 19 × 16 1/8 × 1 1/2 in.

ClassificationsDrawing

Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of Maria and Conrad Janis, 2023.38

Accession number 2023.38

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ProvenanceArtist; to (Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY); to Private Collection, Beverly Hills, CA; to Conrad Janis [1928-2022] and Maria Janis [1946-2021], Los Angeles, CA; to Conrad and Maria Janis Living Trust, 2022; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2023
Inscribedverso, u.l., in pencil: 1946
verso, u.c., in pencil: [upwards pointing arrow] TOP!
verso, l.c., in pencil, upside-down: 14 1/2" x 11 1/2"
verso, in pencil: [abstract illustration of two alien figures]
verso, on backing board, c., black marker on white sticker: 35363
Markingsverso, u.l., embossed stamp: STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE
verso, on backing board, u.l., sticker: ROSE ART MUSEUM / BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY / WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02154 / MATTA: THE FIRST DECADE / May 9 - June 20, verso, on backing board, u.r., sticker: [Pace Wildenstein gallery label]
verso, on backing board, c.l., sticker: [Andrew Crispo Gallery, Inc. gallery label]
verso, on backing board, l.r., upside-down sticker: [Sidney Janis Gallery gallery label]