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1910

  • Work on this object began.

1920

  • Work on this object ended.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Leaping Nude Male Figure

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated 1910–20 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is black pencil on laid 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

20.3 × 12.7 cm (8 × 5 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black pencil, lower left: Aitken

Cite this object as

Drawing, Leaping Nude Male Figure; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black pencil on laid paper; 20.3 × 12.7 cm (8 × 5 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-27

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