The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City

© Estate of Peter Grippe

The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City

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The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City,

1960

Peter Grippe, American, 1912–2002
Poem by Dylan Thomas, Welsh, 1914–1953
2010-183.6

Information

Title
The Hand that Signed the Paper Felled a City
Dates

1960

Maker
Peter Grippe
Poem by Dylan Thomas
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 35.1 x 29.8 cm. (13 13/16 x 11 3/4 in.) sheet: 50.7 x 43 cm. (19 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louise H. and Henry E. Bessire, Class of 1957
Object Number
2010-183.6
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription
Numbered in graphite, lower left: 29//50 Signed in graphite, lower right: Peter Grippe
Culture
American, Welsh
Type
prints, etchings, oil paintings
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process), mounting
Subject
text, cities, hands, poems

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