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The Lion Cage
Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976)
1931
Medium/Technique
Pen and black ink, brown, yellow, black and pink crayon on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 49.0 x 63.6 cm (19 5/16 x 25 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
A. Shuman Collection—Abraham Shuman Fund
Accession Number66.965
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned in pen lower right: Calder.
ProvenancePerls Gallery, New York; 1966, sold by Perls Gallery to the MFA for $960. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)
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