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Drawing, Fishing boats, Japan

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1891–1892 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is pastel crayon on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

17.6 × 26.4 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Recto: Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Recto: Numbered in graphite, upper left corner: (471); Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 1891-2; Verso: Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: 1891-2

Cite this object as

Drawing, Fishing boats, Japan; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; pastel crayon on wove paper; 17.6 × 26.4 cm (6 15/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-464

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