Mountain Sleet
Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Mountain Sleet
192920th century
Levon West, American, (1900–1968)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on wove paper
Print impression quality:
Excellent
Edition:
Trial proof; edition of 100; T. 121: 9 proofs; this impression fits description of state v/vi; perhaps a trial proof for this state; according to original DAC catalog card, "exhibited at the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, 1929/plate destroyed"
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Levon West imp”; inscribed in pencil, lower left: “Trial”; inscribed in pencil, center left: “Mountain Sleet”; signed and inscribed in pencil, edge of right margin: “This impression for Dr. E.A. Noble-L. West”; signed in pencil by E.A. Noble, lower right: “EAN”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
E.A. Noble
Bibliography:
Torrington 121 trial proof.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947
Accession Number:
1947.D1.261
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- landscapes (representations) - Use for creative works that depict outdoor scenes where the picture is dominated by the configuration, visual and aesthetic, of the land, bodies of water, and natural elements. When the ocean or other large body of water dominates the picture, use "seascapes." For images that are more documentary than creative, prefer "views" or "topographical views." For actual areas of land having certain notable characteristics, use "landscapes (environments)." [January 1993 scope note added; related term added. April 1991 descriptor moved; lead-in term added; descriptor changed, was "landscapes"; alternate term changed, was 'landscape'.]
- mountains
- winter
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Credit Caption
Levon West, American, (1900–1968) . Mountain Sleet, 1929. Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on wove paper. : mm (in.). DAC accession number 1947.D1.261. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1947. (photo: M. Cook) .