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1943

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • Work on this object ended.

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  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Study for On The Iliad

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and written by Mary Therese McCarthy and Rachel Bespaloff and published by Pantheon. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

27 × 21 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, at lower right: Zeus. [underlined twice]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for On The Iliad; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Written by Rachel Bespaloff (Ukrainian, b. Bulgaria, 1895–1949), Mary Therese McCarthy (American, 1912–1989); Published by Pantheon (United States); USA; graphite on paper; 27 × 21 cm (10 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-628

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