Penelope
Benton Spruance, American, 1904 - 1967
1956
Color lithograph on wove paper
73/210
Image: 15 1/8 × 19 in. (38.4 × 48.2 cm)
Sheet: 17 7/8 × 21 3/4 in. (45.4 × 55.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.956.42.1
Printer
Theodore H. Cuno
Publisher
International Graphic Arts Society, Inc., New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right margin: Spruance 56-; inscribed, in graphite, lower center margin: Penelope; numbered, in graphite, lower left margin: 73/210; signed, in stone, lower right: BS
Provenance
International Graphic Arts Society, Inc., New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1956.
Catalogue Raisonne
R. Fine & R. Looney, The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance, Philadelphia, 1986, no. 362.
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