Ezio Martinelli

The Blue Waterfall

1960

Hand-drawn poem titled "The Blue Waterfall" with ink sketch of a cascading waterfall.
Hand-drawn poem titled "The Blue Waterfall" with ink sketch of a cascading waterfall.

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Date
1960

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching

Dimensions
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 17 7/8 in. (50.5 × 45.4 cm) Plate: 13 13/16 × 9 3/4 in. (35.1 × 24.8 cm)

Accession number
96.198.11

Edition
39/50 | 12 APs

Publication
Printed by Andersen-Lamb Photogravure Corporation; published by Morris Gallery

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/25608

Part of a series:
21 Etchings and Poems
21 works

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Ezio Martinelli
2 works in the collection, 7 exhibitions

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