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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1962

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, The Old Grey Barn, 1940

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1940 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is brush and watercolor, gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Raymond Baxter Dowden. It is credited Gift of Raymond Baxter Dowden.

Its dimensions are

27.7 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in brush and black ink wash, lower right: G. S. Lipson. / 1940

Cite this object as

Drawing, The Old Grey Barn, 1940; USA; brush and watercolor, gouache on paper; 27.7 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.); Gift of Raymond Baxter Dowden; 1962-140-3

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