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Terra Magic, 20th century

  • Karl Fred Dahmen, German, 1917-1981

Etching and engraving in black on wove paper

  • Plate: 10 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (27.6 × 24.4 cm) Sheet: 21 1/8 × 15 inches (53.7 × 38.1 cm)

Gift of Peggy de Salle

F81.478

Signed, in pencil, lower right: Dahmen

Inscribed, on tape and back, lower right: 65 TERRAMAGIC 438-D | DAHMEN 50.00 [hyphens used to strike out 50.00] Inscribed, lower left, in pencil: 24/35

Peggy de Salle

1982-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Karl Fred Dahmen, Terra Magic, 20th century, etching and engraving in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Peggy de Salle, F81.478.