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Exercise in Floating
Artist
Fred Becker
(American, 1913 - 2004)
Date1942
MediumEtching
DimensionsOverall Inches: image: 5 x 6-3/4 inches, sheet: 10 x 12-7/8 inches; Overall Centimeters: image: 12.7 x 17.2 cm, sheet: 25.5 x 32.7 cm
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2012.32
Collections
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameEtching
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Twentieth
Signedbottom right: Fred Becker
Inscribedbottom left: 1/25; bottom center: Exercise in Floating; bottom right: '42
Edition1/25
Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, September 3 – December 15, 2013.ProvenanceStanley William Hayter; unknown method and date of acquisition.
Dolan/Maxwell: unknown method and date of acquisition.
Palmer Museum of Art, purchase from Dolan/Maxwell, 2012.