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1946

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1960

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Illustration for My Own Manhattan

This is a Drawing. It was written by Henrietta Fort Holland and created by Christina Malman and published by Ives Washburn. It is dated before 1946 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and ink, white gouache, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Dexter Masters.

Its dimensions are

25.2 × 33.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Notations in graphite, upper right corner: [encircled] 2; beneath drawing: [horizontal arrows emanate from center toward edges of page], between arrows: 4 1/4; lower left margin: The Head in the Box; lower right corner: [underlined in red] Rush 1.

It is signed

Signed in ink, lower left: M

Cite this object as

Drawing, Illustration for My Own Manhattan; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); Written by Henrietta Fort Holland; Published by Ives Washburn; USA; brush and ink, white gouache, graphite on paper; 25.2 × 33.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 1/8 in.); 1960-214-80

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