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Jacob Kainen (artist): American, 1909 - 2001

Alone
c. 1937: etching on wove paper; plate: 12.7 x 17.8 cm (5 x 7 in.); sheet: 20.3 x 29.2 cm (8 x 11 1/2 in.); Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday; 1999.82.44; Not on View

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Inscription

lower center in graphite: Alone; lower right in graphite: Jacob Kainen

Marks and Labels

lower left below plate mark: FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC WPA (stamp)

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Bibliography

1976: Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 44.

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