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  • We acquired this object.

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Print, Black Panther

This is a Print. It was created by Charlotte May Allen. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is linoleum cut in black ink on rice paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

This object has not been digitized yet.
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Its dimensions are

Image: 22.4 × 22.1 cm (8 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.) Sheet: 29.8 × 33 cm (11 3/4 × 13 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Charlotte May Allen 1935

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Presented to Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell / for their collection / Charlotte May 1935

Cite this object as

Print, Black Panther; Charlotte May Allen (American, b. 1919); USA; linoleum cut in black ink on rice paper, laid down; Image: 22.4 × 22.1 cm (8 13/16 × 8 11/16 in.) Sheet: 29.8 × 33 cm (11 3/4 × 13 in.); 1955-111-14

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