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1932

  • Work on this object began.

1968

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Print, Civic Insomnia

This is a Print. It is dated 1932 and we acquired it in 1968. Its medium is aquatint in black ink on blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 27.8 × 35.9 cm (10 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Gerald K. Geerlings

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Civic Insomnia"

Cite this object as

Print, Civic Insomnia; USA; aquatint in black ink on blue paper; Platemark: 27.8 × 35.9 cm (10 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.); 1968-105-6

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