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1936

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1946

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Lengthening Shadows

This is a Print. It was created by Samuel L. Margolies and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated ca. 1941 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is etching and aquatint in green ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis Stein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 31.5 × 24.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: S. L. Margolies

It is inscribed

Inscribed with title in margin, in graphite, lower left: Lengthening Shadows

Cite this object as

Print, Lengthening Shadows; Samuel L. Margolies (American, 1897 - 1974); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); USA; etching and aquatint in green ink on paper; Platemark: 31.5 × 24.5 cm (12 3/8 × 9 5/8 in.); 1960-231-31

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