I Thought Pheasants Didn't Begin Until October

Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Charles Saxon American, 1920–1988. I Thought Pheasants Didn't Begin Until October, ca. 1966. Ink and crayon on paper mounted to paperboard mat, sheet: 13 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (35.2 x 40 cm) mat (sheet mounted to): 15 1/16 x 18 1/4 in. (38.3 x 46.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 68.103.2. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.68.103.2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
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Collection
Artist
Title
I Thought Pheasants Didn't Begin Until October
Date
ca. 1966
Medium
Ink and crayon on paper mounted to paperboard mat
Classification
Dimensions
sheet: 13 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (35.2 x 40 cm) mat (sheet mounted to): 15 1/16 x 18 1/4 in. (38.3 x 46.4 cm)
Signatures
Signed in ink, lower right: "Saxon"
Inscriptions
On recto: title inscribed in graphite at bottom of mat, "'I thought pheasants didn't begin until October.'"; on verso, miscellaneous inscriptions and stamps, including stamp at lower left that reads, "COPYRIGHT 1966 / THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE ... "
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Accession Number
68.103.2
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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