La Bombe Et La Coquillage

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La Bombe Et La Coquillage
La Bombe Et La Coquillage
Artist/Maker (French, born Monaco, 1921 - 2009)
Publisher (active New York, c.1950 – c.1973)
Date1965
MediumAquatint and mezzotint on paper
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 in. × 11 in. (27.3 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 14 7/8 × 18 3/4 in. (37.8 × 47.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.62
Not on view

Additional Details

Exhibition History 1986
Clinton, NY. Bristol Campus Center, Hamilton College. "Summer Subjects", May 21 - September 11, 1986 (no cat.).
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow.
Markings Watermark on verso at lower left: BFK
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: AVATI
Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower left: LA BOMBE ET LE COQUILLAGE; editioned in pencil at lower left: 28/210; annotated in pencil on verso at lower left: Mario Avati. (Monaco, 1921) / 66: Nov. 65
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