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Drawing, Lux et Veritas

This is a Drawing. It was created by Louis M. Glackens. It is dated 1911 and we acquired it in 1951. Its medium is graphite, blue pencil on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Katherine Strong Welman.

Its dimensions are

30.6 × 30.7 cm (12 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: L. M. Glackens

It is inscribed

Inscribed in blue pencil, bottom center: 5 1/2"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Lux et Veritas; Louis M. Glackens (American, 1866–1933); graphite, blue pencil on paper; 30.6 × 30.7 cm (12 1/16 × 12 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Katherine Strong Welman; 1950-97-9

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