Dust Storm

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Dust Storm
Dust Storm
Artist/Maker (Australian, 1927 – 2005)
Date1965
MediumColor etching on paper
DimensionsComposition: 17 1/2 × 12 in. (44.5 × 30.5 cm) Plate: 17 1/2 in. × 12 in. (44.5 × 30.5 cm) Sheet: 25 3/4 × 19 5/8 in. (65.4 × 49.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Elbert Lenrow, Class of 1923
Object number1984.63
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of Elbert Lenrow.
Markings Watermark at lower right: Johannof; watermark at upper left [upside down]: Johannof
Signature Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: E.I. Backen '65.
Inscribed Entitled in pencil at lower center: 'Dust Storm'; editioned in pencil at lower left: 26/110; inscribed in pencil on verso at lower left: Earle Backen
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