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The Fable

A work made of etching and aquatint, with hand-coloring, on paper.

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

Date:

printed 1974, reworked 1979

Artist:

Martin Levine
American, born 1945

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Martin Levine

Title

The Fable

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.

Printed 1974

Medium

Etching and aquatint, with hand-coloring, on paper

Dimensions

Plate: 22.5 × 33 cm (8 7/8 × 13 in.); Sheet: 50.5 × 56.2 cm (19 15/16 × 22 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1980.94

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