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Celebrating American art and artists
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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Place Setting

1976

Nona Hershey

Associated Names

Nona Hershey

Artist, American, born 1946

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows a place setting with a plate, a folded napkin, a fork, a knife, and a spoon. The palette consists of various shades of gray. The plate is positioned centrally with the folded napkin on top, while the fork extends towards the lower left corner and the knife and spoon are placed across the center of the plate.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook
Dimensions

plate: 26.2 x 25.3 cm (10 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 38.1 x 32.3 cm (15 x 12 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

1987.41.33

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2016

Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 264, no. 2385.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 87/250; lower center in graphite: Place Setting; lower right in graphite: Nona Hershey

Wikidata ID

Q74876639

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