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Emaciated Owl II

1967

Ernst Van Leyden

Artist, American, born 1892

Tamarind Institute

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph (stone) in gray on white Arches paper
Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy J. and Benjamin B. Smith
Dimensions

sheet: 56.9 x 43.4 cm (22 3/8 x 17 1/16 in.)
Accession

1984.34.1089

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. 1937II.

Inscriptions

across bottom in graphite: Tam. Imp / Leyden 67; lower right verso in graphite: 1937 / State II / Arches

Markings

BS: Tamarind (T.1), Kelley (T.24)

Wikidata ID

Q74064893

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