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Sparrow-hawk Flying by the Window (Sperwer vliegt langs het raam)

ca. 1969
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Sparrow-hawk Flying by the Window (Sperwer vliegt langs het raam)
  • Artist: Charles Donker (Dutch, born 1940)
  • Date: ca. 1969
  • Medium: Etching; second state of two
  • Dimensions: Plate: 7 13/16 × 8 3/16 in. (19.9 × 20.8 cm)
    Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 1/2 in. (28.2 × 39.4 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Ann and Byron Reimus, in memory of Marika Wallach-Chiotakis, 2017
  • Object Number: 2017.450.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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