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The Lion Cage

(American, 1898–1976)
1931
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink, brown, yellow, black and pink crayon on paper
DimensionsSheet: 49.0 x 63.6 cm (19 5/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Credit LineA. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession number66.965
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned in pen lower right: Calder.
ProvenancePerls Gallery, New York; 1966, sold by Perls Gallery to the MFA for $960. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)
Copyright© 2020 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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