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The Swimmer II

Jacob Kainen

The Swimmer II

1968

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Jacob Kainen

The Swimmer II

1968

Physical Qualities Oil paint, ruled in graphite, on paper, Sheet: 609 x 455 mm. (24 x 17 15/16 in.) Image: 592 x 436 mm. (23 5/16 x 17 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 1995.190
Jacob Kainen, (exhibition catalogue), essays by W. Agee and A. Berman, Washington: National Museum of American Art, 1993. Jacob Kainen Prints: A Retrospective, Washington: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976.

Inscribed: Face: LR (in pen and ink), 'Kainen 69'; Verso: LL (in graphite), 'THE SWIMMER II - OIL'

Markings: Strathmore charcoal sketchpad

Artist

Jacob Kainen

b. 1908

American, 1909-2001
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