Portrait of a Farmer's Wife

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Portrait of a Farmer's Wife
Portrait of a Farmer's Wife
Artist/Maker (American, 1903 - 1988)
Publisher (active New York, c.1950 – c.1973)
Date1954
MediumScreenprint
DimensionsComposition: 43.2 x 34.3 cm (17 x 13 1/2 in.) Sheet: 56.5 x 44.5 cm (22 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.140
Not on view
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Additional Details

Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Highlights from the Hamilton College Collection," June 5 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 6).

1985
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," July 9-Sept. 8, 1985 (no cat.).

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow.
Published References HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HAMILTON COLLEGE COLLECTION (exh. cat., Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, June 5- September 6, 1992, cat. no.6).

Signature Signed and dated in pencil at upper right: Gwathmey '54
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil on recto at lower left: Edition 200

Inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left: Robert Gwathmey. A Farmer's Wife [underlined]/ 4- color serigraph- (Oct. 1954)

Inscribed in pencil at lower right: 1984.140
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