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F was a Frog

Andy Warhol and Ralph Thomas "Corkie" Ward

F was a Frog

1952

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F was a Frog

1952

Physical Qualities Photo-offset lithograph, Sheet: 241 × 153 mm. (9 1/2 × 6 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, Baltimore
Object Number 1996.176.6
from a set of 26 sheets, one for each letter of the alphabet, with text by Ralph Thomas 'Corkie' Ward.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1996; Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, Baltimore
Frayda Feldman and Jörg Schellmann, "Andy Warhol Prints: A Catalogue Raisonné 1962-1987" (D.A.P. and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., 1997), p. 274.

David Bourdon, 'Warhol,' NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., p. 34.

Kynaston McShine, ed., 'Andy Warhol: A Retrospective,' NY: Museum of Modern Art, fig. 16.

'Success is a job in New York..., The Early Art and Business of Andy Warhol,' The Carnegie Museum of Art, no. 69.

'The Andy Warhol Museum,' Pittsburgh, p. 171.

Inscribed: lower center in stone: "F was a Frog / who frightened this young lady severely, / When he jumped up beside her on a log."

Markings: none

Artist

Andy Warhol

1927–1986

born Pittsburgh, PA 1928; died New York, NY 1987
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