Tenement
Tenement

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Tenement
Tenement

Currently not on view

Tenement,

1960

Ben Nicholson, British, 1894–1982
Poem by Herbert Read, British, 1893–1968
2010-183.12

Information

Title
Tenement
Dates

1960

Maker
Ben Nicholson
Poem by Herbert Read
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
plate (top): 13.7 x 17.5 cm. (5 3/8 x 6 7/8 in.) plate (bottom): 15.7 x 16.7 cm. (6 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.) sheet: 49.9 x 43 cm. (19 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Louise H. and Henry E. Bessire, Class of 1957
Object Number
2010-183.12
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription
Numbered in graphite, upper right: [reads sideways] 29//50 Signed in graphite, center right: [reads sideways] Ben Nicholson
Culture
British, American, European
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
printing ink
Techniques
etching (printing process)
Subject
poems, text, tenement houses

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