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Cryptic

1972

Julian Stanczak

Artist, American, born Poland, 1928 - 2017

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Artwork overview

Medium

oil over graphite on plastic
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of the David Anderson Gallery)
Dimensions

image: 96.52 × 76.2 cm (38 × 30 in.)
sheet: 101.6 × 81.28 cm (40 × 32 in.)
Accession

2015.143.164

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC,1974; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1972

Julian Stanczak, 1970-1972: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1972, no. 13

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: "Cryptic" Julian Stanczak 1972

Wikidata ID

Q64591640

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