Object Timeline

1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Photograph, Portrait of the Sculptor, Robert Ingersoll Aitken

This is a Photograph. It was photographed by Underwood & Underwood and subject: Robert Ingersoll Aitken. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is photograph on sensitized paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Robert I. Aitken. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken.

Its dimensions are

35.2 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed by photographer in graphite, lower right.

Cite this object as

Photograph, Portrait of the Sculptor, Robert Ingersoll Aitken; Photographed by Underwood & Underwood; Subject: Robert Ingersoll Aitken (American, 1878–1949); USA; photograph on sensitized paper; 35.2 × 27.7 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Gift of Mrs. Robert I. Aitken; 1957-122-5

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