Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1962

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Start at Dawn

This is a Print. It was created by Levon West. It is dated after 1930 and we acquired it in 1962. Its medium is etching and drypoint in black ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jules R. Breuchaud. It is credited Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 34.3 × 26.7 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed in plate, lower left: LEVON WEST; signed in graphite, lower right, below platemark: Levon West imp -; signed in graphite, with initials, lower right corner: LW-

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower left, below platemark: Trial proof -; lower center, below platemark: Especially selected for my friend, Jules R. Breuchaud -; lower left: Especially selected for my friend - Jules R. Breuchaud -

Cite this object as

Print, Start at Dawn; Levon West (American, 1900–1968); etching and drypoint in black ink on paper; Platemark: 34.3 × 26.7 cm (13 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.); Gift of Jules R. Breuchaud; 1962-32-23

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