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1964

  • Work on this object began.

1973

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Print, Arctic Bird

This is a Print. It was print maker: Gabor Peterdi. It is dated 1964 and we acquired it in 1973. Its medium is etching, engraving, aquatint in six color on cream wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Museum of Graphic Art. It is credited Gift of the Museum of Graphic Art, New York.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 90.7 × 57.5 cm (35 11/16 × 22 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Peterdi 64 Imp

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Arctic Bird; lower left: 3[?]-25

Cite this object as

Print, Arctic Bird; Print Maker: Gabor Peterdi (American, b. Hungary, 1915 - 2001); USA; etching, engraving, aquatint in six color on cream wove paper; Platemark: 90.7 × 57.5 cm (35 11/16 × 22 5/8 in.); Gift of the Museum of Graphic Art, New York; 1973-39-2

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