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1942

  • Work on this object began.

1947

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Two Young Girls Seated on a Sofa Smoking

This is a Drawing. It was created by Christina Malman. It is dated 1942–47 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and ink, graphite on cream paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Dexter Masters.

Its dimensions are

27.3 × 37.1 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in brush and ink, lower right: M

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: So---[?]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Two Young Girls Seated on a Sofa Smoking; Christina Malman (American, b. England, 1911–1959); USA; pen and ink, brush and ink, graphite on cream paper; 27.3 × 37.1 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/8 in.); 1960-214-105

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