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1952

  • Work on this object began.

1954

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, El Limpiabotas, portafolio Estampas de San Juan, Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño (The Shoeshiner, Vignettes of San Juan Portfolio, Center for Puerto Rican Art)

This is a Print. It is dated 1952 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is screenprint on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Dr. Edwin S. Burdell.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35.1 × 27.5 cm (13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, upper right: Jose M. Figueroa / /52; in graphite, lower margin at right: Jose Manuel Figueroa

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: El Limpiaboti

Cite this object as

Print, El Limpiabotas, portafolio Estampas de San Juan, Centro de Arte Puertorriqueño (The Shoeshiner, Vignettes of San Juan Portfolio, Center for Puerto Rican Art); USA; screenprint on white paper; H x W: 35.1 × 27.5 cm (13 13/16 × 10 13/16 in.); Gift of Dr. Edwin S. Burdell; 1954-17-2

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