Blue bills

Blue bills

Item Information

Title:
Blue bills
Description:
This is the first of Mr. Benson's published etchings, but it was not exhibited or offered for sale until three years later, in February, 1915.
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
F.W.B.
Date:
1912
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Ducks
Flying
Seas
Greater scaup
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 16 x 19 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 11
Handwritten on item: From artist's personal collection.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Frank W. Benson; July 1947
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Ordeman, John T. "Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs, an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." Hickok-Bockus, 1994, Summit, New Jersey.
Notes (object):
Published state. Fifty proofs of which 45 are signed and numbered, mostly on plate and Shogun paper. It was made on the back of an old plate which was somewhat pitted.
Identifier:
18_16_000020
Barcode:
36666003904428