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After The Battle of Drowsabella /After Mr. Wirther Run/At Angeline Agatha (recto); 39. at Jennie / Richee. / From the low stretch / of land from green hill / to left of this picture / they swim the ten mile / stretch of water to the land / seen to the left of / picture 38 where arrow / points (verso)

A work made of watercolor, gouache, black transfer carbon, graphite, and collage of cut-and-pasted printed elements, with pen and black ink (recto and verso),  on three sheets of cream wove paper, pieced at left and right edges, with attached inscriptions.

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  • A work made of watercolor, gouache, black transfer carbon, graphite, and collage of cut-and-pasted printed elements, with pen and black ink (recto and verso),  on three sheets of cream wove paper, pieced at left and right edges, with attached inscriptions.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Henry Darger
American, 1897-1972

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henry Darger

Title

After The Battle of Drowsabella /After Mr. Wirther Run/At Angeline Agatha (recto); 39. at Jennie / Richee. / From the low stretch / of land from green hill / to left of this picture / they swim the ten mile / stretch of water to the land / seen to the left of / picture 38 where arrow / points (verso)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1917–1973

Medium

Watercolor, gouache, black transfer carbon, graphite, and collage of cut-and-pasted printed elements, with pen and black ink (recto and verso), on three sheets of cream wove paper, pieced at left and right edges, with attached inscriptions

Dimensions

48.1 × 178.1 cm (18 15/16 × 70 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Nathan Lerner

Reference Number

1980.102

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