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1939

  • Work on this object began.

1949

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

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  • You found it!

Drawing, Thomas Dewey

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman. It is dated ca. 1944 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is graphite, pen and ink, brush and white gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Dexter Masters.

Its dimensions are

30.7 × 48.5 cm (12 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and ink, lower right: M

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite: upper left: [notations, crossed out]; beside: Conveyor; below: 36 picas wide Inscribed in graphite, right edge: [two notations, crossed out]; below: [underlined] 8500 Inscribed in graphite, lower right corner: [encircled] 49 Inscribed in graphite, below image: 36 picas [horizontal arrows emanate from number at center toward edges of page, below drawing]; inscribed over right arrow shaft: [crossed out] 41; inscribed over right arrow head: [encircled] 49 Inscribed in graphite, lower left corner: [crossed out] "A" note to artist [arrow]; below: Little Man, What Now?; below: reprint from Capital Conveyor Inscribed in graphite: lower right: [light notations, crossed out]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Thomas Dewey; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); USA; graphite, pen and ink, brush and white gouache on paper; 30.7 × 48.5 cm (12 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.); 1960-214-12

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