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Paul Landacre
Shell1935

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Engraving of a large shell with a rounded lobe and wide lip, rendered in dense crosshatched lines on cream paper with a dark background; numbered and signed in pencil below
Artist or Maker
Paul Landacre
Title
Shell
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1935
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (18.42 × 26.35 cm) Image: 4 1/2 × 6 7/8 in. (11.43 × 17.46 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Merle Armitage
Accession Number
40.2.7
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Feinblatt, E., Zeitlan, J. and S.R. Bourrie. Paul Landacre: Prints and Drawings. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983.

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