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Chris van Allsburg

The Carpet Thief,

Description

Maker

  • Chris Van Allsburg, (RISD MFA 1975, Sculpture)

Title

The Carpet Thief

Medium

white chalk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Chalk on black paper

Techniques

  • Chalk on black paper

Supports

  • framing

Dimensions

Image: 43 x 62 cm (16 15/16 x 24 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated LR corner, white colored pencil : C. VAN ALLSBURG 1979
Along bottom edge in white colored pencil, repeating: NOT FIXED USE CARE
Written in white colored pencil, UR corner: Melillo [illegible]
Written in white colored pencil, LL corner: 10.86 236-211 [Illegible] Academy Ave
Illegible in UL corner

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Barnet Fain

Object Number

2001.80.86

About

The Carpet Thief

Signed and dated LR corner, white colored pencil : C. VAN ALLSBURG 1979
Along bottom edge in white colored pencil, repeating: NOT FIXED USE CARE
Written in white colored pencil, UR corner: Melillo [illegible]
Written in white colored pencil, LL corner: 10.86 236-211 [Illegible] Academy Ave
Illegible in UL corner

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Carpet Thief with the accession number of 2001.80.86. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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