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Migratory Urge

Helen West Heller

Caption

Helen West Heller (American, 1872–1955). Migratory Urge, 1928. Woodcut, Sheet: 4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in. (10.6 x 12.4 cm) Image: 1 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (5 x 6.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 2000.133.4.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Migratory Urge

Date

1928

Medium

Woodcut

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 3/16 x 4 7/8 in. (10.6 x 12.4 cm) Image: 1 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. (5 x 6.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed, below image, lower right, in graphite: "Helen West Heller '28".

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "MIGRATORY URGE - poems by the artist / published Chicago Nov. 1928 / #12 - cat. #207 - xilographic text".

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Accession Number

2000.133.4

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Artists and makers

Helen West Heller

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