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Man in Cake with Top Hat

A work made of watercolor, with pen and black ink and touches of gouache, heightened with white gouache, on off-white wove paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor, with pen and black ink and touches of gouache, heightened with white gouache, on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1970s

Artist:

Seymour Rosofsky
American, 1924-1981

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Seymour Rosofsky

Title

Man in Cake with Top Hat

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1971–1979

Medium

Watercolor, with pen and black ink and touches of gouache, heightened with white gouache, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

76 × 55.8 cm (29 15/16 × 22 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro in memory of Harry Bouras

Reference Number

1990.497

Extended information about this artwork

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