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| 1229 |
| Watching the Flamingos |
| FES Title: | Lining Pages | |
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| Date: | 05/17/1923 | |
| Size: | 18″H x 29″W | |
| Medium: |  |
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| Type: | illustration | |
| Published: | Munroe, Kirk. The Flamingo Feather. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923: lining pages. no caption |
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| Inscription: | lr: F.E. Schoonover / ’23 | |
| Annotations: | en verso on label: Lining pages for the Christmas (Harpers) edition / of Kirk Monroes “Flamingo Feather” / Painting no 1229 –May 1923 / On back of canvas the notations are by A.W.R / Arthur W. Rushmore. It instructs the engraver to / reduce the picture to 13 5/8 wide and print in two / colors green and red. / Rushmore had charge of the special book publications / He was very much interested in the format of books / especially the typography. Since his retirement / he carries on his own publications at / “The Golden Hind Press in Madison, N.J. | |
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| Comments: | digital image and permission from Cornell 2001; LSS in person 8/03; #60.005; index; edit | |
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| Provenance: | Sold by artist to Samuel B. Bird; Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York. Gift of Samuel B. Bird |
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