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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Seated Man Reading a Newspaper (recto and verso)

1944

Artists

Richard BurgessArtist

Description

Sheet has three holes along one edge, as from a hole puncher?

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on thin off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

sight: 38.2 x 27.3 cm (15 1/16 x 10 3/4 in.) Frame: 22.25" x 16.75"

Provenance

Richard M. Burgess, Minneapolis, Minnesota, bequest; to Private Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960. NOTE: Provenance taken from correspondence in the curatorial file.

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