The Spirit of Rain

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The Spirit of Rain
The Spirit of Rain
Artist/Maker (American, 1895 - 1987)
Publisher
Date1936 (published 1937)
MediumDrypoint
DimensionsComposition: 5 × 4 in. (12.7 × 10.2 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 in. (26.7 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift in memory of Barbara Bonham, mother of Jay B. Bonham, Class of 1993
Object number1994.77
Not on view
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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 1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of an anonymous donor.
Published References Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994

A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
Signature Signed in pencil at lower right: Peggy Bacon.
Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower left: The Spirit of Rain.
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