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Boat Building, from American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio
1997 · Lithograph
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Esphyr Slobodkina
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WA-00030330
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6
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9
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Esphyr Slobodkina was an American painter and printmaker born in Manchuria and based in New York from the 1930s onward. Her abstract compositions employed bold geometric forms and a restrained color palette rooted in constructivist principles. Slobodkina remained committed to non-objective painting throughout her career, developing a distinctive vocabulary of interlocking planes and linear structures that evolved across several decades of sustained studio practice.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago
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6 published of 8 catalogued · 4 with image
- The Met3 published
- MoMA2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
- Whitney1 published
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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