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Anatomy of Magic
Artist
Philip Kaplan
(American, b. Russia, 1903 - 1990)
Date1947
MediumEngraving, soft-ground etching, aquatint, and gauffrage with stencil
DimensionsOverall Inches: plate: 14-7/8 x 10-5/8 inches, sheet: 19-15/16 x 13-1/16 inches; Overall Centimeters: plate: 37.7 x 26.9 cm, sheet: 50.7 x 33.2 cm
Credit LineGift of Margaret Chew Dolan and Peter Maxwell
Object number2009.457
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEngraving
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: Philip Kaplan
Inscribedbottom left: “Anatomy of Magic”; bottom right: ‘47
Exhibition HistoryCelebrating 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, 2010.