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Artists›Kerr Eby

Kerr Eby

1890–1946

WA-00046546

Tokyo, Japan

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None documented

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159

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WikidataQ6394320

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2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/7388
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%

About

Why this artist matters now

Kerr Eby was a Canadian illustrator best known for his renderings of soldiers in combat in the First and Second World Wars. He is held in a similar regard to Harvey Dunn and the other famous illustrators dispatched by the government to cover the First World War.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 18d ago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (11)

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Mamma's Boy

1937 · Etching and sandpaper ground

Plate: 9 3/4 × 10 3/16 in. (24.8 × 25.9 cm) Sheet: 11 15/16 × 12 9/16 in. (30.4 × 31.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Storm

1937 · etching and sandpaper ground

Sheet: 32.1 x 47.4 cm (12 5/8 x 18 11/16 in.); Platemark: 24.5 x 40.1 cm (9 5/8 x 15 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Driftway, Evening

1933 · etching

Image: 20.8 x 39.1 cm (8 3/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Paper: 33 x 50.5 cm (13 x 19 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Railroad Bridge, Connecticut

1924 · Etching

mat size: 14¼ x 19¼ in.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Infantry, Château-Thierry

1920 · Lithograph

Plate: 9 9/16 × 12 1/2 in. (24.3 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 13 3/8 × 16 5/8 in. (33.9 × 42.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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No Man's Land -- St. Mihiel Drive

1919 · Mezzotint and drypoint

Plate: 8 7/16 × 12 15/16 in. (21.4 × 32.9 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/16 in. (27.3 × 40.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Morning Mist

1913 · Etching

image: 7 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (19.4 x 16.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Sand and Sea, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artillery Train

etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Desert Freight

drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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A Kiss for the Kaiser

drypoint

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

11 published of 155 catalogued · 144 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
6 published
The Met
5 published
+ 2 more sources · 144 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

A Kiss for the Kaiser
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Desert Freight
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Artillery Train
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Driftway, Evening
1933 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sand and Sea, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Storm
1937 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago

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