Basic Format Meandering Line in the Forest

Robert Barry

1968

  • Titles Basic Format Meandering Line in the Forest (Proper)
  • Artist Robert Barry, American, born 1936
  • Medium black ink and graphite on printed paper
  • Dimensions 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art, THE DOROTHY AND HERBERT VOGEL COLLECTION: FIFTY WORKS FOR FIFTY STATES, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2008.42, image © Robert Barry
  • Work Type drawing
  • Classification Drawings

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