I. PLUTONIS Temple is the deepest; here Vulcan presides. The walls are black, encrusted with crystal clusters and petrifications, and they glisten here and there of gold and silver.
Rachelle Puryear, American and Swedish, born 1947
1977
Color etchings on paper
15/25
Plate: 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.7 × 11.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 15/16 in. (28.2 × 20.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund
2024.24.1
Portfolio / Series Title
Deliciae Naturae
Geography
Place Made: Sweden, Europe
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, lower right, in graphite, Rachelle Puryear; inscribed, lower left, in graphite: 15/25 Plutonis Tempel
Provenance
The artist, Stockholm, Sweden; to Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by 2020; sold to present collection, 2024.
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