Trial Proof #17 for "a, b, c"
Bernard Childs, American, 1910 - 1985
March 7, 1960
Color power tool engraving with some traditional engraving, with transparent red violet ink
Sheet (Irreg.): 19 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (50.5 × 50.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Judith Childs in honor of Anne and Robert C. Simpson, Class of 1953, Thayer 1954, Tuck 1954
2007.85.4
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower left margin: Childs '60; titled and dated, in graphite, lower center margin: trial proof #17 'abc' mar. 7; numbered, in graphite, lower right margin: 1/1; inscribed, in graphite, on reverse, lower left: trial proof #17 / exhibited at the BOSTON PuBlic LiBRARy / PRINTS by BERNARD CHilds, KliggiN GalleRy / December 1968 - JaNuary 1969 / BeRNaRd CHilds / (AmericaN c 1910-1985) / " a, b, c", 1960 ed. 10 / zinc plate cut + engraved wiTH poweR tools + tRaditioNal tools / imp. aRTisT Watermark, lower left corner margin: BFK RIVES [oriented vertically with left at top]
Exhibition History
Prints by Bernard Childs, Kliggin Gallery, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, December 1968-January 1969
Provenance
The artist; Judith Childs [his widow], New York, New York; given to present collection, 2007.
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