Art, literature & historyComposition in Red and Purple
1956
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Relief etching on textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 12.8 × 19.6 cm (5 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 49 × 25.3 cm (19 5/16 × 10 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1978.598
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Composition in Red and Purple — Pierre Courtin. 1956.
Medium: Relief etching on textured, cream wove paper. Dimensions: Plate: 12.8 × 19.6 cm (5 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 49 × 25.3 cm (19 5/16 × 10 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.