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Ada's Hands

Ada's Hands

(American, born in 1927)
1987
Medium/TechniqueCartoon drawing: charcoal and powdered red chalk on brown wove paper, pricked for transfer
DimensionsSheet: 86 x 119 cm (33 7/8 x 46 7/8 in.)
Framed: 104.5 x 137.5 x 4.8 cm (41 1/8 x 54 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LinePurchased through funds donated by The National Endowment of the Arts and the Sophie M. Friedman Fund
Accession number1988.356
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned and dated in graphite, l.r.: "Alex Katz 87".
ProvenanceMarlborough Gallery, New York; 1988, sold by the Marlborough Gallery to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 1988)
Copyright© 2012 Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
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