Peter Milton

Pavane

1998

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Peter Milton

Pavane

1998

Physical Qualities Resist-ground etching and engraving, Sheet: 689 × 942 mm. (27 1/8 × 37 1/16 in.) Plate: 468 × 722 mm. (18 7/16 × 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Jeanette Kimmel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Object Number 2022.264

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2022; Jeanette Kimmel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Inscribed: RECTO: Below bottom-left corner of platemark in graphite, "POINTS OF DEPARTURE IV XVI/XX"; below bottom-center platemark ing graphite, "PAVANE"; below bottom-right corner of platemark in graphite, "PMilton 99" [artist's signature]

Artist

Peter Milton

b. 1929

born Lower Merion Township, PA 1930

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