Robert Frost Book Plate
1923
Artist, American, 1884 - 1960
Printer, American, 1915 - 2010
Artwork overview
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Medium
wood engraving in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 9.68 × 6.99 cm (3 13/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
sheet: 16.67 × 20.32 cm (6 9/16 × 8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.3306
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lankes 1958, no. 277
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
the artist, Durham, North Carolina; J. B. Lankes (the artist's son), Hampton, Virginia, 1960; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
n.d.
Lankes, J.J. Woodcut Record. Unpublished (College of William and Mary Special Collection), p. 6, no. 277.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: [the artist's monogram] 1923; lower center edge in graphite by unknown hand: 277; lower right corner in black ink by unknown hand: FPC1
Markings
stamped lower right in black ink: Del & Sculp:JJL:****:Imp:JBL / Reproduction Rights Reserved; stamped lower right verso in black ink: J. B. Lankes / Post Office Box 91 / Richmond, Virginia
Wikidata ID
Q77010215