Study for The Rock
<p>The Russian-born artist Peter Blume employed the Renaissance technique of making drawings and multiple small-scale paintings in preparation for his large finished compositions. This drawing, given to the museum by the artist in the 1960s, is one of many studies for the Art Institute’s painting <em>The Rock</em> (1956.338). Taken as a group, the studies for the painting demonstrate the artist’s working method and show the progression of <em>The Rock</em> from an idea to the finished painting.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1943
- Dimensions
- 5.2 × 7.7 cm (2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Peter Blume
Artist
Painting
Peter Blume was an American painter and sculptor. His work contained elements of folk art, Precisionism, Parisian Purism, Cubism, and Surrealism.
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Two Sketches of a Nude Woman
1959 · Pen and black ink on white wove paper, tipped onto gray wove paper
Easter Island and Rana Raraku
1954 · Ink on paper on colored paper
The Rock
1944 · Oil on canvas
Study for The Rock
1943 · Charcoal, with stumping, on cream wove paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Study for The Rock
1943 · Charcoal, with traces of white gouache, on tan tracing paper
Study for The Rock
1943 · Charcoal, with stumping, on tan tracing paper
Record
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- Peter Blume
- Year
- 1943
- Dimensions
- 5.2 × 7.7 cm (2 1/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1943-083762
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified