Eliot Porter
Poplar with Lichens, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

Poplar with Lichens, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine

© 1990, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

Poplar with Lichens, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
Poplar with Lichens, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
ArtistAmerican, 1901–1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Poplar with Lichens, Great Spruce Head Island, Maine
  • from the series Trees
Date1968
PlaceMaine, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 23 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (59.7 × 47.9 cm)
 Sheet: 23 1/2 × 18 7/8 in. (59.7 × 47.9 cm)
 Mount: 31 × 27 in. (78.7 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Virginia and Ira Jackson
Object number2000.657
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped on the verso of the mount: "TREES / A Portfolio of Dye Transfer Prints by / Eliot Porter / ¦Poplars with Lichens¦ / Great Spruce Head Island, Maine / June 1968 / Number 21 of 50"

Label on original backboard: "Arden's Picture Framing / 2131 Richmond Ave Houston, TX 77098 / (713) 522-5281"

Stamped on original backboard: "Final Inspection by / KC Date 11-1-88"
Signed on mount in pencil, recto, lower right: "Eliot Porter"

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