The Bremen

Artist/Maker Howard Cook (American, 1901 - 1980)

Date1931

MediumWood-engraving

DimensionsComposition: 10 in. × 6 1/8 in. (25.4 × 15.6 cm) Sheet (Irregular): 12 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (31.1 × 27.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchased by Elihu Root Jr., Class of 1903, and Edward W. Root, Class of 1905, for the Hamilton College Picture Rental Collection

Object number1983.2

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Additional Details

Exhibition History 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.).

2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects, A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection," September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat., illus. 42).

1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Selections from the Hamilton College Collection, 20th Century," July 10- September 1984 (no cat.).

Provenance May 1983: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Student Loan Collection;
circa 1936: Hamilton College, by purchase and gift of Elihu Root Jr. and Edward W. Root for the Root Picture Collection

Published References THE BEST KIND OF LIFE: EDWARD W. ROOT AS TEACHER, COLLECTOR, AND NATURALIST" (exh. cat., Clinton, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 27, 2007- January 6, 2008)

Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: Howard Cook 1931

Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower left: The Bremen; editioned in pencil at lower left: 75 [encircled]; inscribed in pencil at lower left: 2; in pencil on verso at lower left: 8A