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Accession Number Search

Locate information about a specific work of art in the Gallery's collection by entering the accession number of the object. Each work in the collection is assigned an individual three-part number. The first number indicates the year the object was accessioned; the second number indicates in sequence the transaction by which the object(s) was formally received or purchased; the third number indicates how many objects passed to the museum in a given transaction.

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  example: 1971.16.3



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