Ilya Bolotowsky

Study for Mural for Williamsburg Housing Project, New York

c. 1936

A colorful abstract mural study with geometric shapes and lines on a light background, flanked by architectural sketches on either side. The central composition features a variety of forms including triangles, rectangles, and abstract organic shapes in red, blue, yellow, black, and white, with dynamic lines suggesting movement. The surrounding sketches depict parts of a building's facade with grid-like windows.
A colorful abstract mural study with geometric shapes and lines on a light background, flanked by architectural sketches on either side. The central composition features a variety of forms including triangles, rectangles, and abstract organic shapes in red, blue, yellow, black, and white, with dynamic lines suggesting movement. The surrounding sketches depict parts of a building's facade with grid-like windows.

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Date
c. 1936

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Opaque watercolor and pen and ink on board

Dimensions
Sheet: 16 × 30in. (40.7 × 76.2 cm)

Accession number
80.4

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; 50th Anniversary Gift of the Edward R. Downe, Jr., Purchase Fund, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Marsteller and the National Endowment for the Arts

Rights and reproductions
© Ilya Bolotowsky / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
artworks/1881

Ilya Bolotowsky
6 works in the collection, 14 exhibitions

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