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Coltrane Sonnet

1971

John Dowell

Artist, American, born 1941

John E. Dowell, Jr.

Attributed to

Medium

2-color lithograph on Arches Cover paper
Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Dimensions

sheet: 50.6 x 38.2 cm (19 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Accession Number

1990.106.61

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Visual Poems

John Dowell

1970

Um, Um,...Um!

John Dowell

1971

Just Heard Bessie

John Dowell

1971

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: John E. Dowell Jr. 71; lower center in graphite: "COLTRANE SONNET"; lower left in graphite: 17/20

Wikidata ID

Q74886640

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