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Smitty
Walter Berndt
American Art
MEDIUM
Pen and ink on paper
DATES
April 25, 1940
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 23 1/4 in. (16.8 x 59.1 cm)
Image (4 frames): 5 13/16 x 19 15/16 in. (14.8 x 50.6 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Piece of paper affixed to lower left of third frame, printed: "Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.: / Copyright, 1940, by the Chicago Tribune"
SIGNATURE
Signed in ink, lower right of third frame: "Berndt"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscriptions include: "2", "WHITE LIE" and "Smitty" in graphite in upper left margin; "518" in black crayon in left margin; "MAY 14" in ink in lower right of first frame; and "O.K. -- RWC" stamped vertically in right margin
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
41.211
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Daily News
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Walter Berndt (American, 1899–1979). Smitty, April 25, 1940. Pen and ink on paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 x 23 1/4 in. (16.8 x 59.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Daily News, 41.211. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.41.211.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.41.211.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 5/26/2009
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