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This and 87 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album.

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1943

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Album Page, Black Forest Sketches, Gaggenau

This is a Album page. It was created by Whitney Warren Jr.. It is dated September 18, 1887 and we acquired it in 1943. Its medium is brush and watercolor over graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. William Greenough. It is credited Gift of Mrs. William Greenough.

Its dimensions are

31.8 x 25 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.), irregular

It is inscribed

Recto, in graphite, below drawing at left: Closed on this side / if one likes - often / leads to a court and / Then there is another one to come out of - / Gaggenau / Sept 18th 1887; below drawing at right: Black Forest Sketches - / Bell cupola / Gaggenau / Sept 18th 1887; at top right corner: (inscribed in circle) 48 / 60.

Cite this object as

Album Page, Black Forest Sketches, Gaggenau; Whitney Warren Jr. (American, 1864–1943); Germany; brush and watercolor over graphite on cream paperboard tipped into binding with fabric; 31.8 x 25 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.), irregular; Gift of Mrs. William Greenough; 1943-51-128

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