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Blast, I

Adolph Gottlieb · 1957

Catalog medium
Oil on canvas
Collection
The Museum of Modern Art
Accession
6.1958

Physical record

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Metric
228.7 × 114.4 cm
Approx. imperial
7 ft 6 in × 3 ft 9 in
Planar area (calculated)
2.62 m²
Width / 170 cm reference
0.67×
Height / 170 cm reference
1.35×

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catalog identity

MoMA records Blast, I as a 1957 oil-on-canvas painting measuring 228.7 × 114.4 cm.

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