Krazy Kat
George Herriman
American Art
MEDIUM
Pen and ink on paper
DATES
1936
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)
MARKINGS
Circular stamp impressed in upper left corner; "STRATHMORE / USE EITHER SIDE" around flower in center
SIGNATURE
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."
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.216.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Sylvan Byck
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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