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Drawing, Whirlwind

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1881 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is graphite on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

11 × 16.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Numbered in graphite, upper left corner: (377); Inscribed in graphite, lower right (artist's hand): whirlwind/ gold, grays, blue, birds, leaves/ spots; in graphite, lower right corner: 1881; Verso, Inscribed in graphite, center (artist's hand): frame with flat decoration (raised) of water/ and net/ star fish/ devil ... sepia/ crab etc./ frame for water color/ get piece of chestnut/ 1 crab in flat strip; in graphite, lower right corner: 1881

Cite this object as

Drawing, Whirlwind; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 11 × 16.6 cm (4 5/16 × 6 9/16 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-366

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