Collections: Contemporary Art: The Ancestral Altar from I Ching

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The Ancestral Altar from I Ching

Artist: Charmion von Wiegand
Medium: Oil and pencil on canvas
Dates: 1954
Dimensions: 30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm)
Signature: Signed on verso: "Charmion von Wiegand"
Collections: Contemporary Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 1992.16
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by Marlene and Edward Shufro, the Frank L. Babbott Fund, and the Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 1992.16_transpc001.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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