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Mommy Why?

1983–84
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mommy Why?
  • Artist: Joan Snyder (American, born Highland Park, New Jersey, 1940)
  • Printer: Chip Elwell , New York, with the artist
  • Printer: Joan Snyder (American, born Highland Park, New Jersey, 1940)
  • Publisher: Diane Villani Editions (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1983–84
  • Medium: Woodcut, artist's proof
  • Dimensions: Image: 12 × 20 3/8 in. (30.5 × 51.8 cm)
    Sheet: 20 × 26 in. (50.8 × 66 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Diane Villani Editions, 2023
  • Object Number: 2023.293.2
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Joan Snyder
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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