Virgil Grotfeldt
Closer Observation

Sheet recto
Closer Observation
Sheet recto
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Closer Observation
Date2004
MediumEtching on paper, printer's proof
DimensionsPlate: 11 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (29.8 × 25.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/8 × 15 in. (48.6 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Clinton T. Willour in honor of Deborah Grotfeldt
Object number2012.184
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Titled recto lower left below plate in pencil: "Closer Observation"
Numbered recto below plate lower center in pencil: P/P
Signed recto below plate lower right in pencil: [illegible signature] 04
Embossed recto lower right: (DMa) [printed by Dan Allison]

Two vertical plate registration marks on sheet verso at upper center and lower center, in pencil.

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