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Image Not Available for "After the first lesson the teacher said, 'Mr Clemens, you can fall off a bicycle more ways than the man who invented it!'," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain
"After the first lesson the teacher said, 'Mr Clemens, you can fall off a bicycle more ways than the man who invented it!'," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain
Image Not Available for "After the first lesson the teacher said, 'Mr Clemens, you can fall off a bicycle more ways than the man who invented it!'," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain

"After the first lesson the teacher said, 'Mr Clemens, you can fall off a bicycle more ways than the man who invented it!'," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain

Artist Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985)
Author May McNeer (American, 1902 - 1994)
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Boston, Massachusetts, founded 1880)
Datec. 1962
MediumGray gouache heightened with white over graphite on illustration board
DimensionsImage: 15.7 x 30 cm (6 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.)
Sheet (board): 20.5 x 35.6 cm (8 1/16 x 14 in.)
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineTransfer from Rutgers University Libraries
Object number85.005.010.004
Collections
Exhibition History- Lynd Ward Draws Stories: Inspired by Mexico's History, Mark Twain, and Adventures in the Woods, 07/07/2012-08/30/2013, Zimmerli Art Museum, Duvoisin Gallery

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