Doorway to Illusion, 1919

Not on View

Medium

softground etching with aquatint in black on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 19.7 x 16.8 cm (7 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

sheet: 30.5 x 24.3 cm (12 x 9 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Czestochowski 1987, no. 93, iii/iii

Accession Number

2005.99.6

Artists / Makers

Arthur B. Davies (artist) American, 1862 - 1928

Frank A. Nankivell (printer) American, born Australia, 1869 - 1959

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: Frank A. Nankivell print; lower right in black ink: Arthur B. Davies; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DOORWAY TO ILLUSION

Marks and Labels

RCK stamp

Provenance

Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); gift to NGA, 2005.

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Bibliography

1987: Czestochowski, Joseph S. Arthur B. Davies: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1987, no. 93, iii/iii.