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Femme de Pékin emmenant son enfant au travail
Femme de Pékin emmenant son enfant au travail
Femme de Pékin emmenant son enfant au travail

Drawing

Working mother in Peking takes kid to work
Artist (1924-1993)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsHandwritten on board, u.c. : LINE / CUT / 81%; handwritten on paper taped on board, c.r. : Working mother in Peking / takes Kid to work. The / factory probably has day-care / facility. Bikes are rigged / to freight just about anything. / Bikes costs 125-150 Canadian. / Quite expensive.; handwritten on board, l.r. : 86; handwritten on paper glued on back, u.l. : # 504; printed label glued on back, l.r. : 073174
Period 20e siècle
Medium / Technique Ink and graphite on card taped on board
DimensionsCard: 35,8 × 28,2 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.) Board: 48,2 × 40,8 cm (19 × 16 1/16 in.)
Origin Ontario, Canada
Object NumberM2012.123.387
CollectionMcCord
CreditPurchase, funds graciously donated by the R. Howard Webster Foundation and The Toronto Star

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