Perseus Beheading Medusa I
Andre Racz, American (born Romania), 1916 - 1994
1944
Soft-ground etching and engraving on medium weight cream wove paper
Proof impression AA
Plate: 21 3/8 × 14 3/4 in. (54.3 × 37.4 cm)
Sheet: 22 13/16 × 18 1/8 in. (58 × 46.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through a gift from the Cremer Foundation in memory of J. Theodor Cremer
PR.2004.35
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right: Andres Racz 1944; inscribed, in graphite, lower center: Perseus beheading Medusa I; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: AA[circled]
Course History
WGST 51.8, The Femme Fatale in Literature, Film, and Myth, Paul Carranza, Spring 2014
CLST 4, Classical Mythology, Pramit Chaudhuri, Summer 2014
CLST 04, Classical Mythology, Simone Oppen, Fall 2019
CLST 04, Classical Mythology, Simone Oppen - INDEPENDENT VIEWING, Fall 2019
Provenance
Charles M. Young, Fine Prints & Drawings, Portland, Connecticut; sold to present collection, 2004.
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