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For the Happy Few

A work made of engraving in black and blue, inked à la poupée, on white wove paper.

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  • A work made of engraving in black and blue, inked à la poupée, on white wove paper.

Date:

1968

Artist:

Albert Edgar Yersin
Swiss, 1905-1984

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Albert Edgar Yersin

Title

For the Happy Few

Place

Switzerland (Artist's nationality:)

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1968

Medium

Engraving in black and blue, inked à la poupée, on white wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 8.5 × 8.5 cm (3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.); Sheet: 32.3 × 2.4 cm (12 3/4 × 1 in.)

Credit Line

Walter S. Brewster Collection Fund

Reference Number

1971.679

Extended information about this artwork

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