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The Magus XII (Colophon)

1969

Hugh Townley

Artist, American, 1923 - 2008

Tamarind Institute

Publisher

Medium

lithograph (stone) in red and black on Rives BFK paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 30.6 x 25.4 cm (12 1/16 x 10 in.)
Accession

1984.34.1019

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The Magus

Hugh Townley, Tamarind Institute

1969

The Magus III

Hugh Townley, Tamarind Institute

1969

The Magus IX

Hugh Townley, Tamarind Institute

1969

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1989

Devon, Marjorie, and Peter Walch. Catalogue Raisonné: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc., 1960-1970. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1989, no. 2642.

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: (11-line inscription); lower right in graphite: Tam Imp. Townley '69

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Sommers (T.67)

Wikidata ID

Q74064601

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