Melvin Edwards

Study for Pyramid Up and Down Pyramid
1969–1970

A geometric drawing featuring a three-dimensional shape resembling a prism or a triangular tent structure, composed of green outlines with red shading on one side, displayed on an aged white paper background with a white border.
A geometric drawing featuring a three-dimensional shape resembling a prism or a triangular tent structure, composed of green outlines with red shading on one side, displayed on an aged white paper background with a white border.

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Date
1969–1970

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Fiber-tipped pen on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 18 3/4 × 24in. (47.6 × 61 cm) Image (sight): 18 3/4 × 24in. (47.6 × 61 cm)

Accession number
2020.149

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© Melvin Edwards/ Artists Rights Society INC. (ARS), New York

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artworks/57662

Melvin Edwards
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