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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1950

  • Work on this object ended.

1962

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Abstraction of a Dream, 1940–50

This is a Print. It was created by Boris Margo. It is dated 1940–50 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is monotype in black and colored inks on paper, laid down. 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

33.2 × 24 cm (13 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite on mount, lower right: Boris Margo

Cite this object as

Print, Abstraction of a Dream, 1940–50; Boris Margo (American, 1902–1995); monotype in black and colored inks on paper, laid down; 33.2 × 24 cm (13 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Raymond Baxter Dowden; 1962-140-2

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