Fern
Fern

© Martin Puryear

Fern
Fern

Currently not on view

Fern,

2000

Martin Puryear, born 1941, Washington, DC; active Accord, NY
2001-160.4
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Online Collection Sets: African American Prints

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Title
Fern
Dates

2000

Maker
Martin Puryear
Medium
Woodcut on handmade Japanese paper
Dimensions
block: 26.5 x 32.5 cm. (10 7/16 x 12 13/16 in.) sheet: 43.0 x 52.2 cm. (16 15/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Felton Gibbons Fund
Object Number
2001-160.4
Place Made

North America, United States, California, San Francisco

Inscription
Numbered, titled, and signed in graphite, below image: 29//50 / Fern / M. Puryear Signed lower right: M. Puryear
Culture
American
Type
woodcuts, prints
Materials
Japanese paper, printing ink
Techniques
mounting, woodcut (process)
Subject
abstraction, black

Fern, from the Cane portfolio

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