Walter Murch

Study for The Birthday
1963

A faded and aged drawing depicting a still life arrangement with a candlestick, two cups, and a pitcher on a shelf, all rendered in a monochromatic palette with a focus on light and shadow, against a stained and discolored background.

A faded and aged drawing depicting a still life arrangement with a candlestick, two cups, and a pitcher on a shelf, all rendered in a monochromatic palette with a focus on light and shadow, against a stained and discolored background.

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Date
1963

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and opaque watercolor on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 15/16in. (60.3 × 45.6 cm)

Accession number
64.6

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Neysa McMein Purchase Award

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Walter Murch
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