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Ivy Strickler <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 8 Aug 1995 16:43:39 -0400
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Here I am again with another plea for help!

We are working on a new computerized catalog and have hit a new hitch. I am
including a layout which will take some of the fields from the "catalog
card" and use them to produce labels for the objects, which will look
something like this:
        Title (or name of object)
        Provenance and date
        Acc. #
        Donor & Date of donation

The problem comes with paintings and prints for which we have little
information and no formal title. Do we say "Untitled" or is that in itself
a kind of title within the art community? Do we say "Title Unknown"? Six or
eight of those in a row could get pretty funny. Do we say "Watercolor",
etc.? Any suggestions here?
Ivy Fleck Strickler                     Phone 215-895-1637
Drexel University                       Fax 215-895-4917
Nesbitt College of Design Arts          [log in to unmask]
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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