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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1946

  • Work on this object ended.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Flying Flamingoes

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1941 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. 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.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 17 × 35.2 cm (6 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.) Sheet: 25.8 × 43.4 cm (10 3/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Flying Flamingoes

Cite this object as

Print, Flying Flamingoes; USA; etching in black ink on paper; Platemark: 17 × 35.2 cm (6 11/16 × 13 7/8 in.) Sheet: 25.8 × 43.4 cm (10 3/16 × 17 1/16 in.); 1955-111-5

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