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1934

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1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

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Print, The Accident

This is a Print. It is dated 1934 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is etching and drypoint in brown ink on cream wove paper. 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

Platemark: 26.7 × 30.3 cm (10 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.) Sheet: 36 × 39.2 cm (14 3/16 × 15 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: No. 2 State 11; lower left margin: This print selected for Frank Mitchell / for his collection on Dec 22 1934 James E Allen; lower right edge: Etching and Drypoint. FK

Cite this object as

Print, The Accident; USA; etching and drypoint in brown ink on cream wove paper; Platemark: 26.7 × 30.3 cm (10 1/2 × 11 15/16 in.) Sheet: 36 × 39.2 cm (14 3/16 × 15 7/16 in.); 1955-151-1

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