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1931

  • Work on this object began.

1932

  • Work on this object ended.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, The Higher-Ups Back-Stage (Grand Opera 1932)

This is a Print. It is dated 1931 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is drypoint in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 24.1 × 16.4 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Gerald K. Geerlings

It is inscribed

Inscribed in plate, lower left: THE HIGHER-UPS BACK-STAGE (GRAND OPERA 1932)

Cite this object as

Print, The Higher-Ups Back-Stage (Grand Opera 1932); USA; drypoint in black ink on paper; Platemark: 24.1 × 16.4 cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.); 1968-105-10

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