About the Artwork
Canvasbacks
1926
Frank Weston Benson
1862-1951
American
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (14.6 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 9 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (24.1 × 40.3 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of Hal H. Smith
45.195
Copyright Not Evaluated
Markings
Signed, in pencil, lower left: Frank W Benson.
Inscribed, in pencil in two different hands, lower left: MK 30565 | 261 Canvasbacks
Watermark: ENGLAND
Provenance
1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)For more information on provenance, please visit:
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Frank Weston Benson, Canvasbacks, 1926, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.195.
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