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1957

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Under the El

This is a Print. It is dated 1957 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is intaglio in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 45 × 60.5 cm (17 11/16 × 23 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: Leiber 57

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: "Under the El"; lower left: 6-20

Cite this object as

Print, Under the El; USA; intaglio in black ink on paper; Platemark: 45 × 60.5 cm (17 11/16 × 23 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Erskine Hewitt; 1960-167-1

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