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1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Archer

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is black pastel on 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

15.6 × 8.7 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Archer; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black pastel on paper; 15.6 × 8.7 cm (6 1/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-39

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