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1936

  • Work on this object began.

1977

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2025

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Drawing, Mural Design, A Jaguar Hunt in a Mexican Jungle, Mexican Pavilion, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Estate, Old Westbury, NY

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1936 and we acquired it in 1977. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Mr. Charles Baskerville.

  • Totomoxtle
  • patterned veneer.
  • Courtesy of Fernando Laposse.
  • NATURE.013

Its dimensions are

32.3 x 66 cm (12 11/16 in. x 26 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Mural Design, A Jaguar Hunt in a Mexican Jungle, Mexican Pavilion, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Estate, Old Westbury, NY; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on cream wove paper; 32.3 x 66 cm (12 11/16 in. x 26 in.); Gift of Mr. Charles Baskerville; 1977-36-4

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