Andy Warhol and Ralph Thomas "Corkie" Ward
M was a Mussel
1952
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Physical Qualities
Photo-offset lithograph, Sheet: 241 × 151 mm. (9 1/2 × 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Katherine and Joseph Hardiman, Baltimore
Object Number
1996.176.13
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.
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: "M was a Mussel / who bit this young man's toe / And there ensued because / of this a strenuous tussel."
Markings: none
