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Photo by John Bentham.
The Bear
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (Dutch, COBRA, 1921 – 2006)
Date1970
MediumColor lithograph
DimensionsComposition/Sheet: 15 × 11 in. (38.1 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Arthur S. Thompson, Class of 1940
Object number1997.6.1
On view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 1997: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Arthur S. Thompson.
Markings Blind stamp on verso at lower right: [logo; circle inscribed in open, rounded rectangle]
Signature Initialed in pencil at lower left: KA
Inscribed Editioned in pencil on recto at lower right: 213/300; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower right: 120513
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