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1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1955

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Seaman in Oilskin

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1940 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is lithograph in black ink on pale blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by William Franklin Mitchell and Mrs. William Franklin Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

Image: 39 × 27 cm (15 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.) Sheet: 50.8 × 37.5 cm (20 × 14 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: James E Allen

Cite this object as

Print, Seaman in Oilskin; USA; lithograph in black ink on pale blue paper; Image: 39 × 27 cm (15 3/8 × 10 5/8 in.) Sheet: 50.8 × 37.5 cm (20 × 14 3/4 in.); 1955-111-3

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