Elephant Act

Robert Riggs

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Robert Riggs American, 1896–1970. Elephant Act, 1937. Lithograph on white wove Rives paper, 14 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (36.2 x 49.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Augustus Graham School of Design Fund, 42.143. Orphaned work (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.143.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Elephant Act

Date

1937

Medium

Lithograph on white wove Rives paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

14 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (36.2 x 49.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Robert Riggs" lower right margin in pencil

Markings

Watermarks: "Rives (G.C.M.)"

Credit Line

Augustus Graham School of Design Fund

Accession Number

42.143

Rights

Orphaned work

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