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Story of Jonah: Jonah drying off on shore, covered in seaweed, vines with pumpkins at right and a town in the background

1923
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Story of Jonah: Jonah drying off on shore, covered in seaweed, vines with pumpkins at right and a town in the background
  • Artist: Marcus Behmer (German, Weimar 1879–1958 Berlin)
  • Date: 1923
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (8 × 6.8 cm)
    Sheet: 3 7/8 × 3 1/16 in. (9.9 × 7.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ephemera
  • Credit Line: Gift of J.B. Neumann, 1960
  • Object Number: 60.681.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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