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Archy Does His Part

Print
1936 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Above a cockroach reads a letter and another climbs over a typewriter. Below two coackroaches in a basement with a pear and a bottle.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleArchy Does His Part (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Book jacket for Archy Does His Part (Don Marquis), designed by Edward Bawden, published by Faber. Lithograph; British, 1936.
Physical description
Above a cockroach reads a letter and another climbs over a typewriter. Below two coackroaches in a basement with a pear and a bottle.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.2cm
  • Width: 17.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • archy does his part (repeated on front and spine and partially on typewriter)
  • faber
  • don marquis
  • EB (Signed by artist on plate)
Collection
Accession number
C.17904B

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Record createdAugust 28, 2013
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