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Drawing, Interior, 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 graphite 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

17.5 × 26.5 cm (6 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Recto: Inscribed in graphite, upper margin (artist's hand): sea green/ deep blue black shadow/ magenta & violet/ dark blue/ blue light/ greenish/ street showing lights through 1880; Verso: Numbered in graphite, upper left corner: (479)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Interior, Japan; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 17.5 × 26.5 cm (6 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-472

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