Canoe Man
Frank Weston Benson, American, 1862 - 1951
1919
Etching on paper
Edition of 150
Plate: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 15 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 11 7/16 in. (35.2 × 29 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.42
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower left margin: Frank W. Benson; inscribed, in graphite, lower left: hard biting in water [indistinct]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: C21491 / wx- Watermark, center: [four leaves formed into a circle]
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
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