The Digging Dykes of Decatur

1993

Nancy Andrews

Artist, American, born 1963

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of the artist)

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.32 × 30.35 cm (8 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.24 cm (11 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.4573

  • Copyright

    © Nancy Andrews

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Nancy Andrews, Manassas, VA; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1997; acquired by NGA, 2015.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, vertical along center left edge in graphite: © Nancy Andrews 1993; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right: 1997.37.2

Wikidata ID

Q64158365

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