Broadbills

Broadbills

Item Information

Title:
Broadbills
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
F.W.B.
Date:
1919
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Ducks
Bodies of water
Grasses
Lesser scaup
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 25 x 20 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Ordeman: 153
Handwritten on item: From the 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. The signature F.W.B. '19 is inserted in the lower left corner. A few fine lines are added in the water in the middle distance and in the sky near the horizon at the right. The corners of the plate are now rounded. Reproduced. One hundred and fifty-five proofs, signed and numbered, on Shogun paper.
Identifier:
18_16_000276
Barcode:
36666003818347