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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1954

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Boy Sketching

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is etching in black ink on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander Nesbitt.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 22.6 × 30.1 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.) Sheet: 26.6 × 34.1 cm (10 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left [twice]: WICKEY; signed in graphite, lower right margin: Harry Wickey

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 100 proofs

Cite this object as

Print, Boy Sketching; USA; etching in black ink on cream wove paper; Platemark: 22.6 × 30.1 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.) Sheet: 26.6 × 34.1 cm (10 1/2 × 13 7/16 in.); 1954-87-1

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