Art, literature & historyCamera Obscura
1937
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- College composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including Japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard
- Dimensions
- 75.7 × 101.2 cm (29 13/16 × 39 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2018.348
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Camera Obscura — Roland Penrose. 1937.
Medium: College composed of cut-and-pasted printed elements, including Japanese paper, with charcoal, gouache, and graphite, on ivory cardboard. Dimensions: 75.7 × 101.2 cm (29 13/16 × 39 7/8 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.