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But Where Are They (Mais où sont-ils)

Publisher Pierre Alechinsky Belgian
Printer Permild & Rosengreen Danish
1963
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: But Where Are They (Mais où sont-ils)
  • Artist: Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, born Brussels, 1927)
  • Publisher: Pierre Alechinsky (Belgian, born Brussels, 1927)
  • Printer: Permild & Rosengreen (Danish)
  • Date: 1963
  • Medium: Photolithograph
  • Dimensions: 24 15/16 × 30 in. (63.3 × 76.2 cm) (irregular composition)
    Sheet: 25 3/8 in. × 30 in. (64.5 × 76.2 cm)
    Framed: 32 × 37 in. (81.3 × 94 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mitchell A. Orenstein, in memory of Marion Ellin, 2021
  • Object Number: 2021.408
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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