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W was a Wren

Andy Warhol and Ralph Thomas "Corkie" Ward

W was a Wren

1952

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W was a Wren

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 1996.176.23
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: "W was a wren / who played with this young man / from eight o'clock until half / past ten."

Markings: none

Artist

Andy Warhol

1927–1986

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