In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions

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In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions
In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions
Artist/Maker (American, born Philippines, 1916 - 1990)
Date1936
MediumWoodcut
DimensionsComposition: 9 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (24.8 × 17.1 cm) Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 in. (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1985.12
Not on view
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Provenance 1985: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick.
Signature Signed and dated "Alphonso Ossorio 1936" at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed "25/35" at lower right in pencil.
S. Augustini Confessionum Liber XIII, Cap. XXXV
S. Augustini Confessionum Liber XIII, Cap. XXXV
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Date: 1936
Medium: Woodcut
Object number: 1985.14
Photo by John Bentham.
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Object number: 1971.2
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