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Capturing My Chi II

Artist Rita Blitt (American, born 1931)
Date2015
MediumAcrylic on paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 1/2 × 30 inches (57.15 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist
Object number2016.32.2
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DescriptionThis is an abstract acrylic painting on paper. Black, calligraphic-like brushstrokes dominate, enlivened by a touch of brown, all set against a white background. The gestural markings curve and undulate with animated movement.Provenance

With Rita Blitt, Prairie Village, KS, 2015;

Her gift to the NelsonAtkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2016.
Copyright© Rita Blitt
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