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With Greetings at Christmastide from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Duff Balken

Rudolph Ruzicka American, born Czechoslovakia
Patron Edward Duff Balken American
before 1918
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: With Greetings at Christmastide from Mr. and Mrs. Edward Duff Balken
  • Artist: Rudolph Ruzicka (American (born Czechoslovakia), Kourim, Bohemia 1883–1978 Hanover, New Hampshire)
  • Patron: Edward Duff Balken (American, 1874–1960)
  • Patron: Lois Livington Bailey Balken (American, 1877–1919)
  • Date: before 1918
  • Medium: Color wood engraving
  • Dimensions: Image: 2 1/16 × 3 1/4 in. (5.3 × 8.3 cm)
    Sheet (folded in half): 6 1/4 × 5 3/16 in. (15.8 × 13.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Rudolph Ruzicka, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.25.8
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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