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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1941

  • Work on this object ended.

1977

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Manhattan Subway Excavation

This is a Print. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1977. Its medium is etching on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Abraham Ostrow and Estate of Ella Ostrowsky.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 27.6 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Abbo Ostrowsky

Cite this object as

Print, Manhattan Subway Excavation; USA; etching on paper; Plate: 27.6 × 35.6 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.); 1977-38-8

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