Nightfall (second plate)

Nightfall (second plate)

Item Information

Title:
Nightfall (second plate)
Title (alt.):
Nightfall
Description:
An earlier rendering of this design is "Nightfall" (Ordeman #256).
Artist:
Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
Name on Item:
Frank W. Benson
Date:
1926
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Birds
Flying
Bodies of water
Sunrises & sunsets
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 15 x 20 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from material accompanying item.
Ordeman: 262
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Ordeman, John T. "Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs, an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." Hickok-Bockus, 1994, Summit, New Jersey.
Notes (object):
Published state. Drypoint on copper. The trees at the extreme right are heightened and the line of the tops which was formerly horizontal now forms an angle of forty-five degrees with the horizon. The grasses in the foreground are darkened. Reproduced. One hundred and fifty proofs, signed, on Whatman paper.
Identifier:
18_16_000553
Barcode:
36666003784903