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Study of an Abstract Figure and Three Bulls

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Study of an abstract nude figure and three bulls. At center right, a standing nude female figure, depicted from the knees up, seen frontally, with long, flowering hair, rendered abstractly. A top left, the rough outline of a bull seen from the front. At bottom left, two superimposed sketches of a bull’s head: the larger seen in profile facing left, the smaller depicted from the front.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
Date
1930–1938
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
Medium
Graphite on white paper
Dimensions
27.3 × 20.4 cm (10 3/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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