Great Chargers of Gold Held Up by the Handmaidens Smote the Weariness of the Sands, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Benton Spruance

Title

Great Chargers of Gold Held Up by the Handmaidens Smote the Weariness of the Sands, from The Anabasis of St. John Perse

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1957

Medium

Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 38.5 × 53 cm (15 3/16 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 45.5 × 61 cm (17 15/16 × 24 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Lessing J. Rosernwald

Reference Number

1960.37.6

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