Edge of the Birches
1951 (published 1954)
Artist, American, 1900 - 1988
Publisher

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching in brown on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 23.65 × 30.96 cm (9 5/16 × 12 3/16 in.)
sheet: 32.86 × 40.48 cm (12 15/16 × 15 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.1296
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Catalogue Raisonné
Embury 1984, no. 117
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Bibliography
1984
Embury, Stuart P. The Etchings of Luigi Lucioni: A Catalogue Raisonné. Nebraska: S.P. Embury, 1984, p. 41, no. 117.
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. 136, no. 1234.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: L. Lucioni 51; lower right in graphite: Luigi Lucioni; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "The Edge of the Birches"
Markings
stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]
Wikidata ID
Q77012281