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
Que se rompe la cuerda (May the Cord Break), plate 77 from the series "Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"
Que se rompe la cuerda (May the Cord Break), plate 77 from the series "Desastres de la Guerra (Disasters of War)"
Francisco Goya
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Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
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Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
Object number: 1928.8
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Medium: Lithograph on paper
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Carte Reduite Du Golphe Du Mexique Et Des Isles De L'Amerique Pour servir aux Vaisseaux du Roy Dressee Au Dêpost Des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, Par Ordre de M. Le Comte de Maurepas. Annee 1749.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
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Medium: Engraving with hand coloring
Object number: 1971.58
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Honoré Daumier
Date: published September 13, 1847
Medium: Lithograph on newsprint
Object number: 1984.11
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo by J…
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Medium: Lithograph
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Photo by John Bentham.
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Auguste Raffet
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Medium: Lithograph
Object number: 1928.16
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Neurdein Frères
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Richard Earlom
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