Monkey in a Box
August Robert Birmelin, American, born 1933
1955-1956
Etching on wove paper
Plate: 13 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (34.3 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 17 1/8 in. (45.5 × 43.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louis and Shirley LoMonaco
© A. Robert Birmelin
PR.994.40.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: R [backwards, attached to B]BIRMELIN]; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: 8th STATE
Course History
German 16.01, Jewish Studies 25.03, Curious George: A Secret History, Yuliya Komska, Fall 2023
Provenance
Louis LoMonaco and Shirley LoMonac, Warwick, New York; given to present collection, 1994.
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