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Artist Ilya Bolotowsky American, born Russia, 1907–1981

Date1967

MediumAcrylic on wood

Dimensions48 x 9 x 5 1/2 in. (121.9 x 22.9 x 14.0 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object numberG.69.13.1

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ProvenanceThe artist, New York, NY; sold to NCMA, 1969.Published References"Biennial Report: Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 9, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1969), listed 53, illus. (b-w) 24.

American Abstract Artists (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1969), cat. no. 10.

Thomas W. Leavitt, "There's Hope for Montclair, N. J.," Museum News 50 (June 1972), 44-45, illus. (b-w) 45.

Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Abstract Artists," February 9-March 9, 1969, no. 10.

Winston-Salem, NC, Reynolda House Museum of American Art, "American Art from the North Carolina Museum of Art," December 7, 1979-January 31, 1980.

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