About the Artwork
The Cow Jumped Over the Moon
ca. 1947
Joy Griffin West
1920-1951
American
Unknown
Wire and wood
Overall: 12 1/2 × 11 1/2 × 2 inches (31.8 × 29.2 × 5.1 cm)
Sculpture
American Art before 1950
DIA Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1947, Lillian Henkel Haass Purchase Prize
47.185
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1947-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artists. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1947, no. 204.
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Joy Griffin West, The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, ca. 1947, wire and wood . Detroit Institute of Arts, DIA Annual Exhibition for Michigan Artists, 1947, Lillian Henkel Haass Purchase Prize, 47.185.
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