Happy Birthday, 1979

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Medium

crayon, blue spray paint, and acrylic on wove paper mounted to board

Dimensions

sheet: 30.32 × 22.7 cm (11 15/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
board: 34.29 × 26.67 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

Accession Number

2015.19.3399

Artists / Makers

Jules Olitski (artist) American, born Soviet Union (now Ukraine), 1922 - 2007

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: To Joe, with affection, Jules. / 10 August 1979; lower right in graphite: Jules Olitski

Provenance

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC, 1981; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn, Olga