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Forms in Action

Louis Schanker · 1941

Louis Schanker: American, 1903 - 1981

UnclassifiedUnited States

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Louis Schanker

Forms in Action

1941

woodcut · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
woodcut
Dimensions
block: 253 x 344 mm sheet: 305 x 456 mm
Collection no.
2008.115.4260
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By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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Forms in Action — Louis Schanker. 1941.

Medium: woodcut.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): block: 253 x 344 mm sheet: 305 x 456 mm.

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.115.4260. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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