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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Print, The Immigrant

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is etching in black ink on cream-colored japan vellum. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 18.6 × 15 cm (7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Sheet: 23.3 × 20 cm (9 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Wm Meyerowtiz

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: The Immigrant

Cite this object as

Print, The Immigrant; USA; etching in black ink on cream-colored japan vellum; Platemark: 18.6 × 15 cm (7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.) Sheet: 23.3 × 20 cm (9 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop; 1957-44-1

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