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1956

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1957

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Print, Etching: Three Desert Blooms

This is a Print. It was created by Raymond Sherman. It is dated 1956 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is black ink on cream-colored paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Cooper Union Art School.

Its dimensions are

H x W (Plate mark): 24.8 × 13.2 cm (9 3/4 × 5 3/16 in.) H x W (Paper): 27.2 × 32.3 cm (10 11/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Signed below (in pencil), lower right: "R. Sherman '56".

Cite this object as

Print, Etching: Three Desert Blooms; Raymond Sherman (b. 1937); USA; black ink on cream-colored paper; H x W (Plate mark): 24.8 × 13.2 cm (9 3/4 × 5 3/16 in.) H x W (Paper): 27.2 × 32.3 cm (10 11/16 × 12 11/16 in.); 1957-104-3

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