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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1946

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, May Sunlight

This is a Print. It was created by Asa Cheffetz and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated ca. 1941 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is wood engraving in black 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: 15.3 × 25.2 cm (6 × 9 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed with initials in print, lower left: A C; signed in margin, in graphite, lower right: Asa Cheffetz -

It is inscribed

Inscribed with title in margin, in graphite, lower right: May Sunlight

Cite this object as

Print, May Sunlight; Asa Cheffetz (American, 1896 - 1965); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); USA; wood engraving in black ink on paper; Platemark: 15.3 × 25.2 cm (6 × 9 15/16 in.); 1960-231-9

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