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.
Recto

Not on view

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

API
artworks/11547

Robert Wilson
4 works in the collection, 4 exhibitions

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