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Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford by Oliver Herford — VisualArtsDB

Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Initial A, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

1891

Medium: Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: sight: 23.5 x 18.1 cm (9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.) framed: 46.99 x 36.83 x 1.91 cm (18 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 3/4 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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