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The Untilled Field

A work made of drypoint in black on cream wove paper.

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  • A work made of drypoint in black on cream wove paper.

Date:

1937

Artist:

Peggy Bacon
American, 1895-1987

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Peggy Bacon

Title

The Untilled Field

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.

1937

Medium

Drypoint in black on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed and signed below plate, in graphite: “The Untilled Field - Peggy Bacon -”

Dimensions

Plate: 15.2 × 19.1 cm (6 × 7 9/16 in.); Sheet: 26.8 × 29.1 cm (10 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jean Armour

Reference Number

2020.670

Extended information about this artwork

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