Peter Busa
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ArtistAmerican, 1914–1985
CultureAmerican
Titles
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Datec. 1940
PlaceUnited States
MediumInk, red pencil, and wash on paper
DimensionsSheet: 9 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (25.1 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Debra and Joel Ruby with matching funds provided by Merrill Lynch
Object number2000.48
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top center in pencil: [arrow pointing up] TOP; upper right in pencil[upside down]: EPB 0944
verso lower right in pencil: Estate of Peter Busa / Christopher Busa, Executor

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