Dorothea Tanning

Murmurs on Paper

1986

A loose pencil sketch shows a crouching nude figure with a seated person reading nearby.
A loose pencil sketch shows a crouching nude figure with a seated person reading nearby.

Dorothea Tanning, Murmurs on Paper, 1986. Graphite pencil on board, sheet (Irregular): 30 9/16 × 40 1/16 in. (77.6 × 101.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee 87.4. © The Dorothea Tanning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Recto

Not on view

Date
1986

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil on board

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 30 9/16 × 40 1/16 in. (77.6 × 101.8 cm)

Accession number
87.4

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Drawing Committee

Rights and reproductions
© The Dorothea Tanning Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

API
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