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1931

  • Work on this object began.

1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Seven Figures Wearing Hats, with Four Dogs and a Cat

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman and made for (as the client) Fiction Parade. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is brush and ink, white gouache, blue pencil, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Dexter Masters.

Its dimensions are

29.6 × 45.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Notations in graphite, top right: [encircled] 17.5; below image: [two arrows emanating from center toward outer edges, along length of drawing]; between arrows: 2 1/8"; lower right: [illegible]; bottom right corner: LINE Stamped in blue ink, upper right corner: Fiction Parade

It is signed

Signed in pen and ink, lower right: M

Cite this object as

Drawing, Seven Figures Wearing Hats, with Four Dogs and a Cat; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); Client: Fiction Parade; USA; brush and ink, white gouache, blue pencil, graphite on paper; 29.6 × 45.5 cm (11 5/8 × 17 15/16 in.); 1960-214-66

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