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Abstraction
Carl Kahler (1894-1980 )

watercolor on paper, 1939
14 1/2 x 20 inches

Carl Kahler was born in Chicago, Illinois. He worked for the Illinois WPA easel program.

This watercolor painting was painted with both transparent and opaque colors. It has the dynamism of the machine age, a subject often depicted in the 1930s.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1943.16.542

<i>Abstraction</i><br>Carl Kahler (1894-1980 )

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