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Squid under Pier
Artist
Minna Wright Citron
(American, 1896 - 1991)
Date1948
MediumEngraving, soft-ground etching, and gauffrage with stencil
DimensionsPlate: 15 x 17 3/4 in. (38.1 x 45.1 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 x 21 15/16 in. (50.6 x 55.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 15/16 x 21 15/16 in. (50.6 x 55.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas Citron
Object number2002.101
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEngraving
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: Minna Citron ‘48
Inscribedbottom left: etch & engr. ed 5 - 2 color plates #43; bottom center: "Squid under Pier"
Edition43/50
Exhibition HistoryA Way Through: Abstract Art of the 1940s, Palmer Museum of Art, January 15 – May 15, 2022; New Acquisitions: Minna Citron after Atelier 17, Palmer Museum of Art, September 5 - December 10, 2017; From Dada to Dali: Surrealist Works on Paper, Palmer Museum of Art, January 12 – May 8, 2016; Celebrating Forty Years of Gifts: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, September 25, 2012 – January 20, 2013; Atelier 17 in America, Palmer Museum of Art, October 26, 2010 – February 20, 2011; New Perspectives: An Academic Selection of Works on Paper, Palmer Museum of Art, February 14 – May 28, 2006; Specimen: Natural History and American Modernism, 1900-1950, Palmer Museum of Art, June 15 – September 12, 2004.ProvenanceGift of Thomas Citron