A Ball's-Eye View of a Home Run
Will Crawford, American, 1869 - 1944
1913
Hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
Image: 11 3/4 × 7 15/16 in. (29.8 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 11 5/16 in. (36.2 × 28.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.973.49
Publisher
Keppler & Schwarzmann, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on stone, upper center: PUCK; signed, in stone, center right: WILL CRAWFORD [WF in ligature]; inscribed, on stone, lower left: THE PUCK PRESS; inscribed, on stone, lower center: A BALLS'S-EYE VIEW OF A HOME RUN.; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: Puck; inscribed, in graphite, lower right: Hand Colored.; reverse, stamped, in black ink, upper left: K&S / July (14) 240 [in graphite] P.M. TUE; reverse, inscribed, on stone, upper center: PUCK; reverse, signed, on stone, center right: WILL CRAWFORD [WF in ligature]; reverse, inscribed, on stone, lower left: THE PUCK PRESS; reverse, inscribed, on stone, lower center: A BALL'S-EYE VIEW OF A HOME RUN.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1973.
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