Edward Laning

(Two Angels in Stairwell)

before 1950

An angel reaches toward a falling figure spiraling down a wooden staircase.
An angel reaches toward a falling figure spiraling down a wooden staircase.

Edward Laning, (Two Angels in Stairwell), before 1950. Opaque watercolor, brush and brown ink, pastel and charcoal on paper, sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 5/16 in. (32.5 × 23.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Felicia Meyer Marsh Bequest 80.31.126

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Not on view

Date
before 1950

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor, brush and brown ink, pastel and charcoal on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 5/16 in. (32.5 × 23.7 cm)

Accession number
80.31.126

Credit line
Felicia Meyer Marsh Bequest

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/1075



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