untitled
Joel Shapiro, American, born 1941
October 1990
Woodcut on wove paper
11/17
Overall: 18 15/16 × 15 3/8 in. (48.1 × 39 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Commissioned through gifts from The Lathrop Fellows, including Kirsten and Peter Bedford, Class of 1989P; Jane and Raphael Bernstein; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burke, Class of 1944; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gates, Class of 1959; Jerome R. Goldstein, Class of 1954; Mr. and Mrs. W. Patrick Gramm, Class of 1952; Frank L. Harrington Jr., Class of 1950; Mr. and Mrs. George C. Harrington, Class of 1961; Frederick Henry, Class of 1967; Mrs. Preston T. Kelsey, Class of 1958W; Sally and Wynn Kramarsky; Mrs. Richard Lombard, Class of 1953W; and Melville Straus, Class of 1960
PR.990.52
Publisher
Leslie Miller, The Grenfell Press, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right edge: Shapiro 1990; inscribed, in graphite, lower left edge: 11/17 Printed, in black ink, on secondary title page: JOEL SHAPIRO/ untitled [sic], 1990/ woodcut/ 19" x 15 1/2"/ Printed by The Grenfell Press from four blocks of cherry,/ butternut, and mahogany, on Whatman paper, October 1990/ Published to commemorate/ untitled (Hood Museum of Art), 1990./ Commissioned by The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College/ and dedicated in the Bedford Courtyard, October 28, 1990./ JAMES CUNO/ DIRECTOR
Provenance
The artist; sold to present collection, 1990.
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