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Ben Nicholson and Sir Herbert Read (author)

Tenement from 21 Etchings and Poems, published 1960

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series Title

21 Etchings and Poems

Medium

etching and drypoint from two plates from a portfolio of 10 etchings; six etching and aquatints; two engraving and etchings; two etching and drypoints; and one etching, aquatint, and drypoint on Rives paper

Dimensions

plate ((top)): 13.7 x 17.3 cm (5 3/8 x 6 13/16 in.)
plate ((bottom)): 15.6 x 16.5 cm (6 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)

sheet: 50.2 x 42.9 cm (19 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Prospero Foundation Fund

Accession Number

1997.6.1.12

Artists / Makers

Ben Nicholson (artist) British, 1894 - 1982

Sir Herbert Read (author) British, 1893 - 1968

Anderson-Lamb (printer)

Morris Gallery (publisher)

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Inscription

(top plate) vertical along right edge in graphite: Ben Nicholson 50/50; (bottom plate) lower right in plate: Herbert Read

Provenance

(Sylvan Cole Gallery, New York); purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Cole, Sylvan

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