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Jacob Kainen and Michael Smallwood

Plunger

1974

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Plunger

1974

Physical Qualities Drypoint and roulette, Sheet: 352 × 410 mm. (13 7/8 × 16 1/8 in.) Image: 222 × 295 mm. (8 3/4 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 1998.82
From the artist
Janet Flint, Jacob Kainen: Prints, a Retrospective, Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1976

Inscribed: LL margin (in graphite): 18/30; BL (drypoint and roulette): PLUNGER; LR margin (in graphite): Jacob Kainen '75

Markings: none - none

Artist

Jacob Kainen

1908–2000

American, 1909-2001
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Printer

Michael Smallwood

2000–2000

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