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O was an Otter

Andy Warhol and Ralph Thomas "Corkie" Ward

O was an Otter

1952

Scroll

O was an Otter

1952

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 1996.176.15
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

Inscribed: lower center in stone: "O was an Otter / Who slept in the same bed with this young man, / And there never was an odder otter."

Markings: none

Artist

Andy Warhol

1927–1986

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