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1991

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2018

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Poster, Tail- The Bronx Zoo

This is a Poster. We acquired it in 1991. Its medium is screenprint on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Peter Bradford.

Its dimensions are

150 x 114.1 cm (59 1/16 x 44 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Screenprinted in red on orange at LC: The/BRONX ZOO, caught as caught could...Poster by Mary Anne McLean, Project by M351 Group, School of Visual Arts, Peter Bradford./Screened by Purrington Impressions...; at UC: Ah, thetails to be told!WATERFLEAS called Springtails can jump 500 times their ownlenght. They literally polevault on/a tiny, folded, then suddenly released tail...

Cite this object as

Poster, Tail- The Bronx Zoo; USA; screenprint on white paper; 150 x 114.1 cm (59 1/16 x 44 15/16 in.); Gift of Peter Bradford; 1991-69-9

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