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Drawing for "Elmo" (Helmet) Series

(American, 1921–2006)
about 1961
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink on white wove paper (drawn over an 1838 lithograph depicting an anatomical study of the pelvis by Martelli after Costantino Squanquerillo, published by F. Lustrini, Rome)
DimensionsSheet: 44.7 x 29.2 cm (17 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Virginia Herrick Deknatel
Accession number1997.201
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsPrinted inscriptions, u.r.: Tav. XIX; l.l.: C. Squanquerillo dis.; l.r.: Lit. Martelli 1838
ProvenanceArtist; purchased by MFA November 1997.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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