Sunflowers
Walter Henry Williams, Danish (born United States), 1920 - 1998
1959
Color woodcut on thin imitation Japan paper
Artist's proof, edition of 200
Image: 13 9/16 × 19 7/8 in. (34.4 × 50.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 21 1/4 in. (38.6 × 53.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund
2024.34
Geography
Place Made: Denmark, Northern Europe, Europe
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right, in graphite: Walter Williams .59; inscribed, lower left, in graphite: Artist Proof; inscribed, lower center, in graphite: 'Sunflowers"
Provenance
Swann Galleries, New York, New York, “Ascension: A Century of African-American Art,” sale 2378, lot 61, April 2, 2015; Swann Galleries, New York, New York, ”African American Art,” sale 2664, lot 39, April 4, 2024; sold to present collection, 2024.
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