The Little Church Around the Corner
Leon Louis Dolice, American (born Austria), 1892 - 1960
1922
Etching on heavy wove paper
Plate: 7 1/4 × 16 1/8 in. (18.4 × 41 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (21.6 × 44.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John William Thompson, Class of 1908
PR.929.13.6
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower right: The little church around the corner; inscribed, in plate lower center: East 29th street - New York City; signed and dated, in plate, lower right: Louis Dolice 1922; inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: Unspoken words, perhaps, that have passed between us / And made you feel that I know of some things, which are in your spheres; inscribed, in graphite, lower center margin: To John W. Thompson / Christmas 1925; inscribed, in graphite, lower right margin: And made me know too that you would tell in silence / To me, that you would be my friend, - as you have been.; signed, in graphite, lower right: Leon Louis Dolice 1922 / 1st impression of plate
Provenance
The artist; given to John William Thompson (1884-1978, Class of 1908), New York, New York, 1925; given to present collection, 1929.
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