Little Franklin
Kerr Eby, American (born Japan), 1890 - 1946
1937
Etching and sandpaper ground on laid paper
Trial proof
Plate: 8 9/16 × 14 5/8 in. (21.7 × 37.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 18 1/8 in. (29.3 × 46.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.137
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in graphite, lower left margin: Trial Proof.; signed, in graphite, lower right margin: Kerr Eby imp.; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: M127HK; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: O.S. E.258-22; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Little Franklin; Watermark, lower left: Hand Made; Watermark, lower right: F J Head & Co
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
Catalogue Raisonne
Giardina (1997): 192
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