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Three Young Rats and other Rhymes

Editor Edited with an introduction by James Johnson Sweeney American
Designer Alexander Calder American
1946
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Three Young Rats and other Rhymes
  • Editor: Edited with an introduction by James Johnson Sweeney (American, 1900–1986)
  • Designer: Alexander Calder (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York)
  • Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Published in: New York
  • Date: 1946
  • Medium: Ilustrations: photoreproductions of original drawings
  • Dimensions: 12 5/8 x 9 13/16 in. (32 x 25 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: John B. Turner Fund, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.757.6
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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