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The Peaceable Kingdom

The Peaceable Kingdom, 1950

  • Fritz Eichenberg, American, 1901-1990

Wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 inches (23.5 × 27.9 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, State of Michigan Fund

76.21

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Details

Signed and dated, on block, lower right: FE 1950 Signed, in pencil, lower right: Fritz Eichenberg

Inscribed, on block, lower center: THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM. ISAIAH II:6-8 Inscribed, in pencil, lower center: Artist's Proof

1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Fritz Eichenberg, The Peaceable Kingdom, 1950, wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, State of Michigan Fund, 76.21.

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