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1933

  • Work on this object began.

1937

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Family of Three in a Shoe Store

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman. It is dated 1933–37 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and ink, 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

30.3 × 30.9 cm (11 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and ink, lower left: M

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, below image: [horizontal arrow with heads at either end]; below: 3 1/4"; below, right: line cut

Cite this object as

Drawing, Family of Three in a Shoe Store; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); USA; brush and ink, graphite on paper; 30.3 × 30.9 cm (11 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); 1960-214-82

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