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1951

  • Work on this object began.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Peace: It's Wonderful

This is a Print. It was created by Alfred Bendiner. It is dated 1951 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on white wove paper with deckle edge. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bendiner Foundation. It is credited Gift of the Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Foundation.

Its dimensions are

Image: 31.4 × 36.2 cm (12 3/8 × 14 1/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamps: Stamp printed in black ink at lower left on verson: ALFRED BENDINER F.A.I.A./ARCHITECT/WELLINGTON BUILDING/19TH AND WALNUT N.E./PHILA. 3, PA

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Alfred Bendiner

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: peace is wonderful; by another hand across bottom edge: 29[circled] 13 3/4 w x 12 1/2 #77; on verso: #79-1951/NFS - ($60-ins val.) "Peace It's Wonderful"

Cite this object as

Print, Peace: It's Wonderful; Alfred Bendiner (American, 1899–1964); USA; lithograph in black ink on white wove paper with deckle edge; Image: 31.4 × 36.2 cm (12 3/8 × 14 1/4 in.); Gift of the Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Foundation; 1994-21-14

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