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The President's Speech

Daniel B. Dowling

Contemporary Art

MEDIUM Ink, crayon, and white correction fluid on paper
DATES ca. 1951
DIMENSIONS sheet: 17 x 14 3/16 in. (43.2 x 36 cm) image: 15 1/16 x 12 15/16 in. (38.3 x 32.9 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS Stamped on verso, lower right: "HAROLD JAMES BAILY / COUNSELOR AT LAW / 165 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 6 / APR 18 1951"; stamped at upper right, "APR 12 1951 REC'D"
SIGNATURE Signed in ink, lower right: "Dowling"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in ink, in lower left of image: "For Brother / Harold J. Baily / from brother / Dowling"; various inscriptions around border of sheet including, in graphite, reproduction measurements at bottom
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 67.62.3
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Daniel B. Dowling (American, 1906–1993). The President's Speech, ca. 1951. Ink, crayon, and white correction fluid on paper, sheet: 17 x 14 3/16 in. (43.2 x 36 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.62.3.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.67.62.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 4/15/2009
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Daniel B. Dowling (American, 1906–1993). <em>The President's Speech</em>, ca. 1951. Ink, crayon, and white correction fluid on paper, sheet: 17 x 14 3/16 in. (43.2 x 36 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Harold J. Baily, 67.62.3. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.67.62.3.jpg)