Plumed Serpent

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Plumed Serpent
Plumed Serpent
Artist/Maker (American, 1887-1953)
Date1940
MediumEtching
DimensionsComposition: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm) Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 in. (19.7 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1988.3
Not on view
DescriptionEtching depicting the "Plumed Serpent" or "Feathered Serpent" diety Kukulkan as depicted in an architectural carving at the ancient Mayan site of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
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Alternate Titles Plumed Serpent, Chichen Itza
Exhibition History 1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
Provenance 1988: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Philip W. Abell.
Published References John Taylor Arms, A Man for All Time: The Artist and his Work; William Fletcher; 1982; 344

A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).

FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, vol. 1, no. 2, February 1989, "Acquisitions").
Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower center: John Taylor Arms 1940
Inscribed Inscribed in pencil at lower left: #; in pencil on verso at lower right: F. 344; in pencil on verso at lower right: 349; in pencil on verso at upper left: 6B
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