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If Nancy Was a Boy

Joe Brainard American
1972
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: If Nancy Was a Boy
  • Artist: Joe Brainard (American, Salem, Arkansas 1942–1994 New York)
  • Date: 1972
  • Medium: Black marker, watercolor, and gouache on paper
  • Dimensions: 11 15/16 in. × 9 in. (30.4 × 22.8 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Kenward Elmslie, 2021
  • Object Number: 2021.310.9
  • Rights and Reproduction: Copyright © by the Estate of Joe Brainard
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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