Study for a Window

A charcoal drawing on off-white paper of a four-pane window with soft light coming through, smudged charcoal shading on the wall around it, visible paper texture and erasure marks. — Study for a Window

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Title: Study for a Window
Subject: Windows; Interiors; Light
Description: Strand drew the same kitchen window for most of one winter. In this study the light is doing all the work; the window frame is barely there.
Creator: Helena Strand
Date: 1958
Rights: Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).
Type: Drawing
Identifier: 1990.11.2
Extent: 63.5 × 48.3 cm (25 × 19 in.)
Provenance: Bequest of the artist, 1990
Medium: Charcoal on paper

Helena Strand 1912–1990

Study for a Window, 1958

Medium: Charcoal on paper

Extent: 63.5 × 48.3 cm (25 × 19 in.)

Provenance: Bequest of the artist, 1990

Identifier: 1990.11.2

Strand drew the same kitchen window for most of one winter. In this study the light is doing all the work; the window frame is barely there.

Rights & reuse

Fictional demonstration content created for the Omeka demo sites. The artists and works are invented and the images were generated with AI (FLUX.2). Free to reuse (CC0 1.0).

Cite this

Helena Strand. “Study for a Window.” 1958. Wrenfield Museum of Art. https://01hy7jb6pdd1k4jjjn56z4587d.app-platform-1.refbytes.com/items/show/228 (accessed October 27, 2026).

Collection

Prints and Drawings