Howard Norton Cook
Talpa Furrows

Talpa Furrows
Talpa Furrows
Talpa Furrows
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1980
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Talpa Furrows
Date1928
MediumEtching on wove paper
DimensionsPlate: 8 7/8 × 5 15/16 in. (22.6 × 15.1 cm)
 Sheet (at open): 9 7/16 × 6 7/16 in. (24 × 16.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael W. Dale
Object number2023.441
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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist, 1928; private collection, Michigan; [Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, NM, Prints, Multiples + Works on Paper: Session 2, March 16, 2023, lot 301]; purchased by Michael W. Dale, Houston, TX, March 16, 2023; given to MFAH, 2023.
Exhibition HistoryNone known
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, below plate, left bottom edge: To Dr. E. Eliot
Recto: Titled in graphite, below plate, center bottom edge: TALPA FURROWS
Recto: Signed and dated in graphite, below plate, right bottom edge: Howard Cook 28
Verso: [inaccessible]

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