John Alexander
Mamma Always Wanted a Dancer

Mamma Always Wanted a Dancer

© John Alexander

Mamma Always Wanted a Dancer
Mamma Always Wanted a Dancer
ArtistAmerican, born 1945
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mamma Always Wanted a Dancer
Date1990
MediumAquatint and etching
DimensionsPlate: 9 × 6 1/8 in. (22.9 × 15.6 cm)
 Sheet: 14 5/8 × 11 3/8 in. (37.1 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Timothy A. and Mary Anna Eaton
Object number2008.185
Not on view

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Prints and Drawings
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in pencil lower left below the image: "30/35"

Marked in pencil verso upper center: "Mamma / Wanted a Dancer / But all He
Wanted / To Do Was Fish / 1990"
Signed in pencil lower right below the image: "John Alexander"
Blindstamp recto lower right: "C/M"

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