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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:)

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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

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