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1912

  • Work on this object began.

1959

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Study for "Michelangelo Carving 'Day'"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated 1912 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is black 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

31 × 24 cm (12 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black chalk, below (upside down): 47" / 12 1/2" length of / foot / better too

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for "Michelangelo Carving 'Day'"; Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; black chalk on grey paper; 31 × 24 cm (12 3/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1959-87-8

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