Covered Bridge
Harry Shokler, American, 1896 - 1978
1940s
Wood engraving on wove paper
Image: 6 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (15.5 × 20.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 5/16 in. (22.5 × 28.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
PR.995.41
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right margin: Harry Shokler; intialled, in block, lower left: H.S.; inscribed in graphite, lower left margin: Covered Bridge; inscribed, in graphite [probably not in the artist's hand]: 15 Watermark, left margin, bottom to top: INGWERK PARCHMENT -BASINWERK
Provenance
Gurley Turner (1925-1992), collector and librarian in Queens, New York; given to Blanche Decker (191-2007), Enfield, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1995.
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