Burst (First State)

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Photograph by John Bentham.
Burst (First State)
Photograph by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, 1903 - 1974)
Date1974
MediumEtching and aquatint with carborundum
DimensionsPlate: 23 1/2 × 17 11/16 in. (59.7 × 44.9 cm) Sheet: 35 3/4 × 27 3/16 in. (90.8 × 69.1 cm) Frame: 37 7/8 × 29 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (96.2 × 74.3 × 3.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Martina Hamilton P'95 in honor of Bill Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1996.13
Not on view
Descriptiongrey background w/ white,pink,red brst in center

Additional Details

Provenance 1996: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Martina Hamilton.
Signature FACSIMILE signature of the artist, in gray ink, both lower right.
Inscribed Verso ULC white sticker "#6664x550" verso ULC white sticker "H 20068880/03 TR.96.13" verso LLC "Martha Hamilton Gallery, No. AG 02, Adolph Gottlieb, Burst 1, 1974 etching and aquatint in color 35 x 27 ed. pp2/2-/67"
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