Collection

Frontispiece: The Sphinx

Kurt Seligmann

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Kurt Seligmann (Basel, Switzerland, 1900 – 1962, Sugar Loaf, New York). Frontispiece: The Sphinx, 1944. Etching on wove, handmade rag paper, 22 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (57.5 x 39.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Carll H. de Silver Fund, 44.43.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Frontispiece: The Sphinx

Date

1944

Medium

Etching on wove, handmade rag paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

22 5/8 x 15 3/8 in. (57.5 x 39.0 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right margin in pencil: "K Seligmann"

Markings

Watermarks: Whatman

Credit Line

Carll H. de Silver Fund

Accession Number

44.43.1

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Artists and makers

Kurt Seligmann

8 works in the collection

Durlacher Bros.

6 works in the collection

R. Kirk Askew Jr.

1 work in the collection