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3 unusual facts about The Nazi Drawings


The Nazi Drawings

"I tried to keep not only the vision of The Nazi Drawings simple and direct but also the materials I used in making them. I wanted them to be done with a tool used by everyone everywhere. From the cradle to the grave, meaning the pencil. I felt if I could use a tool like that, this would keep me away from the virtuosity that a more sophisticated medium would demand." Mauricio Lasansky Said.

During the same year the exhibition traveled to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, where they appeared with shows by Louise Nevelson and Andrew Wyeth as the first exhibits installed in the new museum.

The Richard Levitt Foundation purchased The Nazi Drawings in 1969, and they now reside at the University of Iowa Museum of Art.



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