The Aquatic Saracen (The Arc of the Guardian Carries Forth the Promise of Benevolent Seas in Our Times Forthwith)
Artist
Bert Samples (American, born 1955)American, born 1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Aquatic Saracen (The Arc of the Guardian Carries Forth the Promise of Benevolent Seas in Our Times Forthwith)
Date1985
MediumCharcoal with stumping and erasing, brush and ink, and pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions29 7/8 × 39 1/2 in. (75.9 × 100.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by friends of the artist, and partial gift of the artist, in memory of his father
Object number2010.1970
Non exposé
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No visible marks or inscriptions - framed
Signed in the image, lower right: Bert
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