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Drawing, Bird, 1892

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1892 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is pastel crayon on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

12.6 × 10.2 cm (4 15/16 in. × 4 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamp in black, lower left, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: 1904-16-431; in graphite, lower right corner: 1892/ I79

Cite this object as

Drawing, Bird, 1892; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; pastel crayon on wove paper; 12.6 × 10.2 cm (4 15/16 in. × 4 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-431

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