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The Sun Seed (recto); Landscape with a Farm (verso)

A work made of watercolor and gouache, over graphite (recto), and watercolor and gouache with touches of incising over graphite (verso), on off-white wove paper.

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  • A work made of watercolor and gouache, over graphite (recto), and watercolor and gouache with touches of incising over graphite (verso), on off-white wove paper.

Date:

1942 (recto); c. 1942 (verso)

Artist:

William F. Fett
American, 1918-2006

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

William Frederick Fett

Title

The Sun Seed (recto); Landscape with a Farm (verso)

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1942

Medium

Watercolor and gouache, over graphite (recto), and watercolor and gouache with touches of incising over graphite (verso), on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

37.4 × 55.5 cm (14 3/4 × 21 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1943.532

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