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Artist/Maker
Howard Cook
(American, 1901 - 1980)
Date1930
MediumEtching
DimensionsSheet: 13 × 9 1/2 in. (33 × 24.1 cm)
Plate: 12 × 8 in. (30.5 × 20.3 cm)
Frame: 21 3/4 × 17 5/8 × 1 in. (55.2 × 44.8 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edward W. Root, W1905, P1944, H1952; Transferred From the Student Loan Collection
Object number1983.3
Not on view
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2007-2008
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus., 34).
1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," July 10 - September 8, 1984 (no cat.).
1983
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," June 18 - September 15, 1983 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "The Best Kind of Life: Edward W. Root as Teacher, Collector, and Naturalist," September 27, 2007 - January 6, 2008 (unnumbered cat., illus., 34).
1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," July 10 - September 8, 1984 (no cat.).
1983
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection," June 18 - September 15, 1983 (no cat.).
Provenance
May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
1960 - 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection), by gift of Grace Root.
1960 - 1983: Hamilton College (Student Loan Collection), by gift of Grace Root.
Published References
THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST (exh. cat. Clinton, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, 2007), 52, illus. 34.
Signature
Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Howard Cook imp. 1930
Inscribed
Entitled in pencil at lower left: Hudson River Bridge; inscribed in pencil at lower center: etching; in pencil along left edge [sideways]: 1/2 black with gold edge inside + 1/2 white; in pencil on verso at lower left: [measurement calculations]
Cooper Willyams
Date: published August 1, 1796
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Object number: 1981.1.4
Howard Warshaw
Date: 1961
Medium: Ink and watercolor on paper
Object number: 1996.15.23
Howard Warshaw
Date: unknown
Medium: Conte crayon, ink wash and pen on paper
Object number: 1990.47
Richard Margolis
Date: December 27, 1985
Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper
Object number: 1991.134
Richard Earlom
Date: published December 1, 1803
Medium: Etching and mezzotint
Object number: 1992.50
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: date unknown (printed 2003)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.21