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  • We acquired this object.

1945

  • Work on this object began.

2023

2025

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Photograph, Steps in Making a Monkey by Ruth Randall

This is a Photograph. It was designed by Ruth Randall and photographed by Robert J. Arnold.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Everson Museum as part of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

It is dated 1945. Its medium is photographic print. It is a part of the department.

It is credited Everson Museum of Art, IBM Archives.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition A Dark, A Light, A Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes.

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