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Drawing
Why buy boots in August ? ... because the choice is here now!
Draughtsman
Georgine Strathy
(born 1931)
SignatureOn front, handwritten on image, l.l.: georgine ; on back; printed on label mounted on board, l.l. : STRATHY GRAPHICS inc. / 3620 Ridgewood ste. 503 / Montréal, Qué, Can. H3V-1C3 / 514-738-8053 / 881 7th Ave. NY 10019 / 212-489-1016
Inscriptionson front, printed on paper mounted on board, u.r. : Why buy boots in August ? / ... because the choice / is here now! / Grin and bear it because winter sill be soon here ! ; on front, printed on paper mounted on board, l.l. : EATON ; on back, stamped, c. : OK'D [...]
Period
Fin 20e siècle
Dimensions55.7 × 39 cm
ClassificationCommunication Objects - Arts - Visual Arts
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM2017.118.108
DivisionDocumentary Art
CreditGift of Georgine Strathy
Status
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Santa Claus is now greeting all good little girls and boys in his 'Christmas Chalet' Downtown !
Georgine Strathy
1978
M2017.118.256.3
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