Robert Sargent Austin
Litany (Woman Praying, No. II)

Litany (Woman Praying, No. II)
Litany (Woman Praying, No. II)
Litany (Woman Praying, No. II)
ArtistBritish, 1895—1973
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Litany (Woman Praying, No. II)
DateOctober 1934
MediumEngraving on ivory wove paper, sixth state
DimensionsImage: 5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in. (13 × 9.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 15/16 in. (26.4 × 20.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Lewis Coulson in honor of Susan Schulman
Object number2022.313
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist, October 1934; [Paul McCarron, New York, until Dec. 2003]; Dr. Lewis Coulson, Chicago, 2003-2022; given to MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in printed ink, plate, center bottom edge: RSA
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: 6th state
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: Robert Austin October 1934
Recto: Titled in graphite, below plate, bottom right corner: WOMAN PRAYING, No II / 30.00
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, bottom right corner: PM-03-06-HEE
Recto [inside mat]: Inscribed in graphite, bottom edge: Robert Sargent Austin 1895 - 1973 Litany [underlined] Engraving, 131 x 99 mm., October 1934. Post-Dodgson 105
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Catalogue raisonnéDodgson 105

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