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Scaredy-Cats by William Steig — VisualArtsDB

Scaredy-Cats

Scaredy-Cats

1984

Medium: Pen and black ink on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 24.2 × 32 cm (9 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Genre: pen and ink drawings
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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pen and ink drawingsprints and drawingpaperpaper (fiber product)

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