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Portent, plate 57 from Drawings for The Iliad by Meriden Gravure Company — VisualArtsDB

Portent, plate 57 from Drawings for The Iliad

Portent, plate 57 from Drawings for The Iliad

Meriden Gravure Company

1962

Medium: Lithograph on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 51 × 34.5 cm (20 1/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 66 × 51 cm (26 × 20 1/8 in.)
Genre: Lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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printprints and drawingpaper (fiber product)lithograph

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