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1953

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1954

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Print, Quickwater

This is a Print. It is dated 1953 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 24.4 × 34.1 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.) Sheet: 28.8 × 40.3 cm (11 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite in margin, lower right: John A. Noble

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite in margin, lower left: Quickwater

Cite this object as

Print, Quickwater; USA; lithograph in black ink on paper; Platemark: 24.4 × 34.1 cm (9 5/8 × 13 7/16 in.) Sheet: 28.8 × 40.3 cm (11 5/16 × 15 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1954-110-1

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