Krazy Kat

George Herriman

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

George Herriman (American, 1880–1944). Krazy Kat, 1937. Pen and ink on paper, Sheet: 24 9/16 x 16 7/8 in. (62.4 x 42.9 cm) Image: 22 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (56.5 x 36.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sylvan Byck, 47.216.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Krazy Kat

Date

1937

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

Sheet: 24 9/16 x 16 7/8 in. (62.4 x 42.9 cm) Image: 22 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (56.5 x 36.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed in border, bottom center, in ink: "Herriman"

Inscriptions

Inscribed in ink in lower right corner of bottom frame: "3.-14." and in graphite in bottom center of sheet: "--9 1/4--" Tags affixed to sheet: below title box, "Registered U. S. Patent Office." and to right of signature, "Copr. 1937, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved."

Markings

Circular stamp impressed in upper left corner; "STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE" around flower in center

Credit Line

Gift of Sylvan Byck

Accession Number

47.216.1

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