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1908

  • Work on this object began.

1918

  • Work on this object ended.

1961

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Print, Portrait of a Cellist

This is a Print. It was created by William Auerbach-Levy. It is dated ca. 1913 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is soft-ground etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 33 × 22.9 cm (13 × 9 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: William Auerbach-Levy imp

Cite this object as

Print, Portrait of a Cellist; William Auerbach-Levy (American, born Belarus, Imperial Russia, 1889–1964); USA; soft-ground etching in black ink on paper; Platemark: 33 × 22.9 cm (13 × 9 in.); 1961-111-5

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