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James Lesesne Wells

Looking Upward, 1928

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Medium

woodcut in black on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 35.2 x 23.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)

sheet: 55.9 x 43.2 cm (22 x 17 in.)

Credit Line

Ruth and Jacob Kainen Collection

Accession Number

1994.87.9

Artists / Makers

James Lesesne Wells (artist) American, 1902 - 1993

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Inscription

in graphite: 13/20 Looking Upward "28

Provenance

(Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.); Ruth and Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 14, 1992; gift to NGA, 1994

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Project for the Arts

Exhibition History

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 74.

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