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A work made of gouache with watercolor on cream watercolor paper.

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  • A work made of gouache with watercolor on cream watercolor paper.

Date:

1954

Artist:

Jimmy Ernst
American, born Germany, 1920-1984

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Jimmy Ernst

Title

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Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1954

Medium

Gouache with watercolor on cream watercolor paper

Dimensions

55.8 × 75.8 cm (22 × 29 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Fund

Reference Number

1958.17

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