Krazy Kat
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
George Herriman (American, 1880–1944). Krazy Kat, 1936. Pen and ink on paper, Sheet: 24 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (63.2 x 40.5 cm) Image: 22 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (56.4 x 36.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Sylvan Byck, 47.216.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Krazy Kat
Date
1936
Medium
Pen and ink on paper
Classification
Dimensions
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (63.2 x 40.5 cm) Image: 22 3/16 x 14 3/8 in. (56.4 x 36.5 cm)
Signatures
Signed in border, bottom center, in ink: "Herriman"
Inscriptions
Inscribed in ink in lower right corner of bottom frame: "11-15" Inscribed in graphite along bottom of sheet: at lower left, "2 Silvers"; at center, "--9 1/4--"; and along bottom right and wrapping around right side, "Leo - acus[?] - thanks for sending the Humic effusion - / you are indeed a delicacy - a tid-bit - I am moved - and what with the sweet word from the 'Jewel' - / my old bones are ashiver with ecstasy - Dominus Vobescum. - G.H." Tags affixed to sheet: below title, "Registered U. S. Patent Office." and to left of signature, "1936, King Features Syndicate, Inc., World rights reserved."
Markings
Circular stamp impressed in upper left corner; "STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE" around flower in center
Credit Line
Gift of Sylvan Byck
Accession Number
47.216.2
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