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Swinging the Gate

Allen Lewis and American Artists Group

Swinging the Gate

1935

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Swinging the Gate

1935

Physical Qualities Color woodcut, Sheet: 458 × 331 mm. (18 1/16 × 13 1/16 in.) Image: 255 × 191 mm. (10 1/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. Raymond D. Havens, 1954
Object Number 1998.1.3
Kraeft, June and Norman Kraeft, Great American Prints, 1900-1950, New York: Dover, 1984, ill. no. 89.

Signed: 3

Inscribed: RECTO: BL Corner in matrix: 'ALLEN LEWIS / c 1936 [6 backwards]'. VERSO: Printed BL: 'AMERICAN ARTISTS GROUP / 106 SEVENTH AVE·NEW YORK' around logo; and below: 'SWINGING THE GATE by ALLEN LEWIS / AL c 1936'.

Markings: ARCHER W&A [fig. of archer]

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