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A Difficult Question

Pierre-Frédéric Barré, Gotthardt Kuehl, and others

A Difficult Question

1901

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A Difficult Question

Pierre-Frédéric Barré, Gotthardt Kuehl, and others

A Difficult Question

A Difficult Question

1901

Physical Qualities Etching, Sheet: 345 x 286 mm. (13 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 278 x 218 mm. (10 15/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.14907
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: upper center "VIIIe Planche annuelle Publiée par la Société des Aquafortistes Français, le 1er Juillet 1901, et strictement reservé aux Sociétaires"; lower left, in image "G Kuehl"; lower left "F. Barré"; lower center "'Une Question difficile' / Tableau de Gotthardt Kuehl"

Markings: Stamp: Aqua-Fortistes, "103" in pencil (Société des aqua-fortistes français, Lugt 18)

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