Benton Murdoch Spruance

Harps once Played
1935–1936

Surreal black and white artwork depicting a crumbling church, a large harp, and a fallen figure under a cloudy sky.

Surreal black and white artwork depicting a crumbling church, a large harp, and a fallen figure under a cloudy sky.

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Date
1935–1936

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 16 1/8in. (32.4 × 41 cm) Image: 10 3/4 × 14in. (27.3 × 35.6 cm)

Accession number
96.68.261

Edition
4/30

Publication
Printed by Theodore H. Cuno

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Benton Murdoch Spruance
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