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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Night in Chicago

This is a Print. It was created by James Swann. It is dated 1940 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is etching on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William J. Donald. It is credited Gift of William J. Donald.

Its dimensions are

26.4 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.6 × 27.8 cm (6 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Embossed with seal of the Chicago Society of Etchers, lower left.

It is signed

Signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: "James Swann"

It is inscribed

Title in margin, in graphite, lower left.

Cite this object as

Print, Night in Chicago; James Swann (American, 1905 - 1985); USA; etching on cream paper; 26.4 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.6 × 27.8 cm (6 15/16 × 10 15/16 in.); Gift of William J. Donald; 1953-102-59

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