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1931

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1941

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Print, The Untilled Field

This is a Print. It was created by Peggy Bacon and published by Associated American Artists. It is dated ca. 1936 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is etching in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Louis Stein.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 15 × 18.9 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, in margin, lower right: Peggy Bacon.

It is inscribed

Inscribed with title in graphite, in margin, lower left: The Untilled Field.

Cite this object as

Print, The Untilled Field; Peggy Bacon (American, 1895–1987); Published by Associated American Artists (United States); USA; etching in black ink on paper; Platemark: 15 × 18.9 cm (5 7/8 × 7 7/16 in.); 1960-231-1

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