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Abstract black and white line drawing with geometric patterns and intersecting shapes using hat…
Gas Tank
Abstract black and white line drawing with geometric patterns and intersecting shapes using hatched shading to add distinction between the shapes. The words "Crack Up" and "Ralston Crawford" are lightly written in pencil in an open gap near the lower middle of the piece.

Gas Tank

Artist Ralston Crawford (American, 1906 - 1978)
Date1945
Mediumpen and black ink on white wove paper(no watermark)
ClassificationsDrawing
DimensionsObject Size HxW: 11 9/16 × 14 5/8 in.
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1949.6
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