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Want a Couple of Licks Before I Take Care of the Celophane? by Mort Walker — VisualArtsDB

Want a Couple of Licks Before I Take Care of the Celophane?

Want a Couple of Licks Before I Take Care of the Celophane?

1943–2007

Medium: Pen and black ink and brush and gray wash, with graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 21.4 × 27.6 cm (8 7/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Genre: drawings (visual works)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)21st Centurypen and ink drawingsprints and drawingComicspaper (fiber product)

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