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Jimmy's Pot Shop

A work made of lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper.

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  • A work made of lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper.

Date:

1949

Artist:

Miyoko Ito
American, 1918-1983

About this artwork

This print depicts two media available to artists studying at Ox-Bow in the late 1940s: printmaking and ceramics. In a lengthy note to her friend Jean Kubota Cassill, Ito discussed the work Jimmy’s Pot Shop and referred to herself as a “bad printer.”

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Miyoko Ito

Title

Jimmy's Pot Shop

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1949

Medium

Lithograph in black ink on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 21 × 31.5 cm (8 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 28.6 × 38.1 cm (11 5/16 × 15 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jean Kubota Cassill in memory of Miyo Ito

Reference Number

2011.632

Extended information about this artwork

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