Howard Norton Cook
Cocoanut Palm

Cocoanut Palm

© Estate of Howard Norton Cook.

Cocoanut Palm
Cocoanut Palm
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cocoanut Palm
  • Acapulco Girl
Date1932
PlaceAcapulco, Mexico
MediumWood engraving on tissue paper
DimensionsBlock: 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.5 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 10 1/8 in. (30.6 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of E. Weyhe, New York, the Endowment Collection
Object number34.106
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left edge of sheet: COCOANUT PALM
bottom right below plate in pencil: Howard Cook imp 1932 / Mexico
printed bottom right corner on the plate: COOK
Catalogue raisonnéDuffy 172

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