Robert Wilson

The CIVIL warS (a tree is best measured when it is down)

1983

Nine stacked black-and-white abstract rectangular panels showing landscapes, shapes, and interior scenes.
Nine stacked black-and-white abstract rectangular panels showing landscapes, shapes, and interior scenes.

Robert Wilson, The CIVIL warS (a tree is best measured when it is down), 1983. Graphite pencil and crayon on paper, sheet: 142 1/2 × 54 in. (362 × 137.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 97.108.16

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Date
1983

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil and crayon on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 142 1/2 × 54 in. (362 × 137.2 cm)

Accession number
97.108.16

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

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