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Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
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Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

"Greetings"

mid 20th century

Louis Schanker

Associated Names

Louis Schanker

Artist, American, 1903 - 1981

The image features vertical and horizontal lines forming rectangles, interspersed with abstract scribbles and shapes resembling numbers and letters on a corrugated surface. The central horizontal band contains enigmatic symbols, while the upper and lower sections exhibit irregular, jagged patterns in varying shades of green against a beige backdrop.

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Artwork overview

Medium

woodcut in brown and green on wove paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

plate: 16.6 × 45 cm (6 9/16 × 17 11/16 in.)
sheet: 17.8 × 54 cm (7 × 21 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1980.45.1251

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

"Schanker" lower right margin, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. Verso: none.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

Wikidata ID

Q65573870

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