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Jacob Kainen

Sun in the Hills

1950

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Jacob Kainen

Sun in the Hills

1950

Physical Qualities Drypoint and liftground aquatint with roulette, Sheet: 307 × 379 mm. (12 1/16 × 14 15/16 in.) Image: 221 × 300 mm. (8 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 1998.66
From the artist
Janet Flint, Jacob Kainen: Prints, a Retrospective, Washington: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1976

Inscribed: LL margin: (in graphite): Sun in the Hills; LR margin: Jacob Kainen '51; BC: SUN IN THE HILLS; BL: Ed. 20

Markings: none - none

Artist and Printer

Jacob Kainen

1908–2000

American, 1909-2001
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