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Photo Credit: photo: J. Giammatteo

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Gypsy Fortune Teller

ca. 1930-1939
20th century
403 x 311 mm (15.9 x 12.2 in.)

Oscar Weissbuch, American, (1904–1948)

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Woodcut printed in black ink on thin wove paper

Print impression quality: Good

Edition: Stage proof three; there are 2 other stage proofs from 2 separate blocks for this print. Stage proof 1 printed in brown (1940.D1.198.1) and stage proof 2 (1940.D1.198.2); see also finished proof (1940.D1.198.4)

Marks: Unsigned; inscribed in pencil in unidentified hand: “Block #3”

Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940

Accession Number: 1940.D1.198.3

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divination*, genre*, print states, Romanies*

divination - Art or practice of foreseeing future events or obtaining secret knowledge through divine sources, omens, or oracles; it is based on the belief that revelations are offered to humans in extrarational forms of knowledge. CCE [November 1994 alternate term added. January 1992 descriptor added.]
genre - Use for pictorial representations, which may be in various media, that represent scenes or events from everyday life; usually used with another term such as "paintings" or "prints." [April 1991 descriptor moved.]
print states
Romanies - LC sh 85058109

Dimensions

image Dimensions: 403 x 311 mm (15.9 x 12.2 in.)

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Credit Caption

Oscar Weissbuch, American, (1904–1948) . Gypsy Fortune Teller, ca. 1930-1939. Woodcut printed in black ink on thin wove paper. image : 403 x 311 mm (15.9 x 12.2 in.). Sheet : 512 x 384 mm (20.2 x 15.1 in.). DAC accession number 1940.D1.198.3. Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892), 1940. (photo: J. Giammatteo) .

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