Birds Riding the Ferry
Birds Riding the Ferry

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Birds Riding the Ferry,

1986

Sarah Sears, American, born 1953
2006-334

Information

Title
Birds Riding the Ferry
Dates

1986

Maker
Sarah Sears
Medium
Soft-ground etching and aquatint
Dimensions
plate: 25.4 x 18.1 cm. (10 x 7 1/8 in.) sheet: 40 x 30.7 cm. (15 3/4 x 12 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James Kraft, Class of 1957
Object Number
2006-334
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Titled and numbered below plate, left: Birds Riding the Ferry 2//50 Signed and dated below plate, right: SC Sears 1986
Culture
American
Type
etchings, aquatints, prints
Materials
printing ink, soft ground, wove paper
Techniques
mounting, etching (printing process), aquatint
Subject
ferries, night, birds

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