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Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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The Grain Ship in Tow
194620th century
273 x 228 mm (10.7 x 9 in.)
Philip Kappel, American, (1901–1981)
Object Type:
print
Medium and Support:
Drypoint on ivory laid paper
State:
First of two states, with hat reworked in pencil
Print impression quality:
Good
Edition:
Unspecified
Marks:
Signed in pencil beneath plate, lower right: “Philip Kappel”; inscribed in artist’s hand, lower edge: “Made only 3 proofs”
Bibliography:
Richard S. Field and Elton W. Hall, Marine Prints by Philip Kappel [catalog for exhibition presented January 19 – February 11, 1979] (Middletown, CT: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, 1979), cat. no. 51.
Credit Line:
Bequest of the artist, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.6.49
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- boats - Use for watercraft generally smaller and less seaworthy than ships and generally not designed to cross large open waters. [June 1995 related term added.]
- marine views - Use For Term
- ships - Use for watercraft generally larger and more seaworthy than boats; usually propelled by sails or engines.
Dimensions
- plate Dimensions: 273 x 228 mm (10.7 x 9 in.)
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Credit Caption
Philip Kappel, American, (1901–1981) . The Grain Ship in Tow, 1946. Drypoint on ivory laid paper. First of two states, with hat reworked in pencil. plate : 273 x 228 mm (10.7 x 9 in.). DAC accession number 1982.6.49. Bequest of the artist, 1982. (photo: M. Cook) .