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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, Study for Pendentive

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 brush and black ink, pastel 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

31.8 × 23.9 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower left: AITKEN.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for Pendentive; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; brush and black ink, pastel on grey paper; 31.8 × 23.9 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-30

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