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5 Joyful Mysteries

1947
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Object Information
  • Title: 5 Joyful Mysteries
  • Artist: Allan Rohan Crite (American, North Plainfield, New Jersey 1910–2007 Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1947
  • Medium: 11 relief prints with hand coloring and gold metallic leaf
  • Dimensions: Overall:15 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (39.3 × 37.5 cm)
    a) Image: 8 3/4 × 2 1/16 in. (22.3 × 5.3 cm)
    Sheet: 9 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (24.6 × 6.4 cm)
    b) Image: 8 7/8 × 2 5/16 in. (22.5 × 5.9 cm)
    Sheet: 10 1/16 × 2 5/8 in. (25.6 × 6.6 cm)
    c) Image: 6 15/16 × 6 in. (17.6 × 15.2 cm)
    Sheet: 7 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (18.9 × 16.4 cm)
    d) Image: 8 7/8 × 2 3/16 in. (22.6 × 5.6 cm)
    Sheet: 9 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (25.2 × 6.3 cm)
    e) Image: 8 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (22.2 × 5.6 cm)
    Sheet: 10 × 2 3/4 in. (25.4 × 7 cm)
    f)Image: 1 × 6 in. (2.6 × 15.3 cm)
    Sheet: 1 5/8 × 6 7/16 in. (4.2 × 16.4 cm)
    g) Image: 5 1/16 × 3 in. (12.9 × 7.6 cm)
    Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/4 in. (14.3 × 8.3 cm)
    h) Image: 5 1/16 × 3 in. (12.8 × 7.6 cm)
    Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (14 × 8.3 cm)
    i) Image: 6 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (15.5 × 4.1 cm)
    Sheet: 6 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (16.5 × 4.9 cm)
    j) Image: 5 3/16 × 2 15/16 in. (13.1 × 7.5 cm)
    Sheet: 5 13/16 × 3 1/4 in. (14.7 × 8.2 cm)
    k) Image: 5 3/16 × 3 1/16 in. (13.2 × 7.8 cm)
    Sheet: 6 × 3 1/4 in. (15.2 × 8.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Reba and Dave Williams, 1999
  • Object Number: 1999.529.49a-k
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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