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Portrait of John D. Rockefeller

Timothy Cole, 1921

1.70 m

Both at true scale.

1.8 cm × 2.7 cm

Smaller than a credit card. You would need 63 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.7 cm
Width: 1.8 cm
Medium: Wood engraving on cream China paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Kind: Print
Made in: United States
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Image/plate: 2.2 × 2.7 cm (7/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 2.7 cm × 2.2 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mr. John D. Rockefeller

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

How big is it?: 1.8 cm × 2.7 cm. Smaller than a credit card. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1921. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Mr. John D. Rockefeller.
How was it made?: Wood engraving on cream China paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper, made in United States.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.