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Nell Horn

Alexandre Charpentier, 1891

Nell Horn by Alexandre Charpentier
Nell Horn by Alexandre Charpentier, 18 cm × 24 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

18 cm × 24 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 24 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
24 cm
Width
18 cm
Medium
4-color lithograph with embossing (gaufrage) on wove paper
Kind
Print
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit
Gift of The Atlas Foundation

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
18 cm × 24 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1891. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Gift of The Atlas Foundation.
How was it made?
4-color lithograph with embossing (gaufrage) on wove paper.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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