Riders of the Apocalypse
1943
Artist, American, 1904 - 1967
Printer, American, born Germany, active 20th century
Benton Murdoch Spruance
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph in black on wove paper
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Credit Line
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Florian Carr Fund and Gift of the Print Research Foundation
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Dimensions
image: 32.2 x 41.8 cm (12 11/16 x 16 7/16 in.)
sheet: 39.8 x 48.7 cm (15 11/16 x 19 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2008.115.267
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Catalogue Raisonné
Fine/Looney 1986, no. 222
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Reba and Dave Williams, Greenwich, CT; purchased 2008 by NGA
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 82.
Bibliography
1986
Fine, Ruth and Robert F. Looney. The Prints of Benton Murdoch Spruance. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1986.
Inscriptions
lower left on stone: B.S. (underlined); lower left in graphite: Ed. 35; lower center in graphite: _Riders of the Apocalypse; lower right in graphite: Spruance 43-; lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 20-; upper left corner verso in graphite by unknown hand: J-B; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 4276
Wikidata ID
Q76440481