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Drawing, Design for Cherubim Telescope

This is a Drawing. It was made by Samuel Mockbee. It is dated 1986 and we acquired it in 2001. Its medium is pen and black ink on tan paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

25.0 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 8 in. )

It is signed

Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower center: Mockbee '86

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, across lower half of drawing: CHERUBIM TELESCOPE

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Cherubim Telescope; Made by Samuel Mockbee (American, 1944 – 2001); pen and black ink on tan paper; 25.0 x 20.1 cm (9 7/8 x 8 in. ); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2001-5-2

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