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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M24127
People
Robert Birmelin, American (Newark, New Jersey 1933 - )
Title
The Tyrant Child
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Parents
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1998
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194038

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and watercolor on white wove paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 32.5 x 29.5 cm (12 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower and upper margins, close to the edge of the plate, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: [The print is intended to be viewd from either orientation, so what is the bottom may become the top. There are inscriptions along both edges:]
    9/20 THE TYRANT CHILD R. BIRMELIN
    9/20 PARENTS R. BIRMELIN
  • stamp: lower left corner, blind stamps, embossing: blind stamps of the Vermont Studio Center Press and the printer (unknown)
  • watermark: lower left corner, paper: BFK RIVES

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Vermont Studio Center Press, Johnson, Vermont], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, March 9, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
M24127
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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