Mirror of Illusion
1916
Artist, American, 1862 - 1928
Printer, American, born Australia, 1869 - 1959

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint with softground etching and roulette in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Lasky Charitable Lead Trust)
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Dimensions
plate: 16.19 × 21.59 cm (6 3/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
sheet: 23.81 × 29.85 cm (9 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3274
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Catalogue Raisonné
Czestochowski 1987, no. 31, ii/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Moses Lasky, San Francisco, California; Lasky Charitable Lead Trust, New York, 2002; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1987
Czestochowski, Joseph S. Arthur B. Davies: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1987, pp. 99-100, no. 31, ii/ii.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Frank A. Nankivell / printer; lower right in black ink: Arthur B. Davies; along the lower edge in graphite by unknown hand: Mirror of Illusions 2nd of the Two states ed 25 1920 St[not deciphered] 29[crossed out]; lower right in red and black ballpoint pen by unknown hand: 34 [circled]; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 4038D-C; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 29. Mirror of Illusion
Watermarks
TUSCANY / (ITALY) / [square symbol]
Wikidata ID
Q77010154