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1901

  • Work on this object began.

1911

  • Work on this object ended.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Crouching Nude

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1906 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is charcoal, white 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

Signed in black chalk, lower left: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Crouching Nude; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; charcoal, white chalk on grey paper; 19 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-11

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