Design for Canto: cats and "W"

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Design for Canto: cats and "W"
Design for Canto: cats and "W"
Artist/Maker (British, 1886 – 1973)
Datec. 1935
MediumPencil on paper
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 in. (20.6 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Omar S. Pound, Class of 1951
Object number2001.4.28
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 2001: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Omar S. Pound;
by 1973 - 2001: Omar S. Pound, by gift or inheritance from Dorothy Shakespear.
Markings Watermark: "EXTRA STRONG" at center.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "28 / tailp." at upper right in pencil.
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Date: c. 1935
Medium: Pencil on paper
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Date: date unknown
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on tracing paper
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Canto 45
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Date: c. 1930
Medium: Pencil with red ink on watercolor paper
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.256.4
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.258.2
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.259.1
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
Object number: 2001.4.260.2
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Date: date unknown
Medium: Pencil on paper
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