Pagan Princess—Nigeria
1938
Artist, American, 1889 - 1977
Printer, American, 1877 - 1955
Publisher
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint in brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 27.62 × 20.96 cm (10 7/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 39.37 × 30.16 cm (15 1/2 × 11 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.1094
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1990
Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix A, p. 113, no. 29.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Pagan Princess - Nigeria; lower right in graphite: Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge '38
Markings
embossed lower left: Chicago Society of Etchers; stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. (circled)
Wikidata ID
Q77011610