Builders of Babylon
Samuel L. Margolies, American, 1879 - 1974
1949
Etching and aquatint on wove paper
250
Plate: 14 5/16 × 11 1/16 in. (36.3 × 28.1 cm)
Sheet: 17 13/16 × 13 3/8 in. (45.3 × 34 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.950.13
Publisher
Associated American Artists, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right margin: S. L. Margolies
Course History
Anthropology 55.01, Anthropology of Global Health, Anne Sosin, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Cultural Exchange, the Body, and Art and Technology, Art History 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 25-March 9, 2003.
Industrial America, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 9, 1981-January 1982.
Perception and Belief, Outreach Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October-November 1982.
Picturing New York: Images of the City, 1890-1955, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hamsphire, March 31-June 21, 1992.
Publication History
Barbara MacAdam, "Picturing New York: Images of the City,1890-1955", Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1992, no.34, fig.4.
Provenance
Associated American Artists, New York; sold to present collection, 1950.
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