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Jacob Kainen

The Corner Store

1954

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Jacob Kainen

The Corner Store

1954

Physical Qualities Drypoint with roulette and tool work with printed tone, Sheet: 349 × 411 mm. (13 3/4 × 16 3/16 in.) Image: 221 × 296 mm. (8 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 1998.68
From the artist
Janet Flint, Jacob Kainen: Prints, a Retrospective, Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1976

Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, BR: JK (conjoined); LL: (in graphite): The Corner Store, Ed. 35; LR: Jacob Kainen '55 VERSO: BR (in graphite): 500-

Markings: none - none

Artist and Printer

Jacob Kainen

1908–2000

American, 1909-2001
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