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Peter Grippe

Improvisation,

Maker

  • Peter Grippe

Title

Improvisation

Medium

engraving, etching

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving,
  • etching

Techniques

  • engraving,
  • etching

Supports

  • Heavy weight white wove paper

Dimensions

14.9 x 22.7 cm (5 7/8 x 8 15/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil on left under platemark:Improvisation 1946-47; on right signed:Peter Grippe Verso:In pencil:In LL corner:10.11.49 B-1/Grippe 49.394; along right edge: [?] Imp. P. GrippeIn Plate--in bottom center:46-47

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:RISD/MUSEUMOF ART/ surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Purchased and Presented by Mrs. Murray Danforth

Object Number

49.394

Improvisation

Original--Recto:in pencil on left under platemark:Improvisation 1946-47; on right signed:Peter Grippe Verso:In pencil:In LL corner:10.11.49 B-1/Grippe 49.394; along right edge: [?] Imp. P. GrippeIn Plate--in bottom center:46-47

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:RISD/MUSEUMOF ART/ surrounded by PROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLAND all inscribed in a circle

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Improvisation with the accession number of 49.394. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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