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Print, Bear Standing on Hind Legs

This is a Print. It was created by Joan Allen. It is dated 1935 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is linoleum cut in black ink on rice paper, laid down. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 22 × 11 cm (8 11/16 × 4 5/16 in.) Sheet: 29.5 × 15 cm (11 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Joan Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: presented to Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell / Joan Larchmont 1935

Cite this object as

Print, Bear Standing on Hind Legs; Joan Allen (American); USA; linoleum cut in black ink on rice paper, laid down; Image: 22 × 11 cm (8 11/16 × 4 5/16 in.) Sheet: 29.5 × 15 cm (11 5/8 × 5 7/8 in.); 1955-111-13

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