Black-White Definition New York
Leon Polk Smith
Contemporary Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1946
DIMENSIONS
Image: 45 × 31 5/8 in. (114.3 × 80.3 cm)
frame: 53 1/4 × 41 in. (135.3 × 104.1 cm)
(show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned on recto
ACCESSION NUMBER
2011.12.2
CREDIT LINE
Bequest of Leon Polk Smith
PROVENANCE
1992, bequeathed by the artist to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Leon Polk Smith (American, 1906–1996). Black-White Definition New York, 1946. Oil on canvas, Image: 45 × 31 5/8 in. (114.3 × 80.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Leon Polk Smith, 2011.12.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2011.12.2_PS11.jpg)
IMAGE
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