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1920

  • Work on this object began.

1930

  • Work on this object ended.

1962

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Filial Duty

This is a Drawing. It was created by Eugene Higgins. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is black crayon, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Alpheus Cole. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole.

Its dimensions are

23 × 15.9 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Eugene Higgins

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: Filial Duty

Cite this object as

Drawing, Filial Duty; Eugene Higgins (1874 – 1958); USA; black crayon, graphite on paper; 23 × 15.9 cm (9 1/16 × 6 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. Alpheus Cole; 1962-136-6

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