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Jacob Kainen

Banana Man

1936

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Jacob Kainen

Banana Man

1936

Physical Qualities Color brush and tusche lithograph, Sheet: 323 x 406 mm. (12 11/16 x 16 in.) Image: 264 x 340 mm. (10 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 2011.272
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2011; Ruth Cole Kainen, Chevy Chase, MD; Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection, Chevy Chase, MD

Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "Banana Man"; lower right in graphite: "Jacob Kainen"

Artist

Jacob Kainen

1908–2000

American, 1909-2001
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