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Whale

1990
20th century
125 x 140 mm (4.9 x 5.5 in.)

Vija Celmins, American, b. born 1939

Object Type: print

Medium and Support: Woodcut on Somerset paper

Print impression quality: Excellent

Series: from A Bestiary

Edition: From A Bestiary, limited edition book with text by Bradford Morrow and 36 prints; number 70 from edition of 100; published by The Grenfell Press, New York

Marks: Signed in pencil by each artist on last sheet of book

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: The donor is the publisher of The Grenfell Press.

Credit Line: Gift of Leslie Miller, 1997

Accession Number: 1997.22.1

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This object has the following keywords:

animals*, bestiaries*, literature (writings), marine views*, whales

animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
bestiaries - Collections of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals. RHDEL2 [June 1992 descriptor added.]
literature (writings)
marine views - Use For Term
whales

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image Dimensions: 125 x 140 mm (4.9 x 5.5 in.)

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Vija Celmins, American, b. born 1939 . Whale, 1990. From A Bestiary. Woodcut on Somerset paper. image : 125 x 140 mm (4.9 x 5.5 in.). Sheet : 375 x 570 mm (14.8 x 22.4 in.). DAC accession number 1997.22.1. Gift of Leslie Miller, 1997.

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