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Corner of State and Washington Streets, Chicago, in the Year 1865

A work made of aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper.
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  • A work made of aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1928

Artist:

Raoul Varin (French, 1865-1943)
published by Arthur Ackermann & Son (English, active in America, 1930-1991)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Raoul Varin

Title

Corner of State and Washington Streets, Chicago, in the Year 1865

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1928

Medium

Aquatint and etching in brown, with hand-coloring, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.3 × 53.5 cm (14 11/16 × 21 1/8 in.); Plate: 44.6 × 59.2 cm (17 9/16 × 23 5/16 in.); Sheet: 54 × 71 cm (21 5/16 × 28 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ernest Byfield

Reference Number

1929.288

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