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DrawingsAmerican20th century

Studies of a Hippopotamus

c. 1925

Artists

Alexander CalderArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 33.7 x 27.4 cm (13 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091), Cambridge Massachusetts, by 1945, bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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