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1901

  • Work on this object began.

1911

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Drawing, Head of a Man Reading

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1906 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is black pastel, chalk on grey paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

19 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Recto: Signed in red pastel with artist's monogram, lower right: RIA

Cite this object as

Drawing, Head of a Man Reading; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black pastel, chalk on grey paper; 19 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-32

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