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Accession Number
B2008.5.5
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Title
The Lost Anchor
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Additional Title(s)
The Lost Anchor, a Wood Engraving by Robert Gibbings with a Foreword by the Artist. The Woodcut Society, Kansas City.
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Date
1936
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Materials & Techniques
Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper in contemporary mount of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cover and forward by the artist
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Dimensions
Sheet: 14 x 11 9/16 inches (35.6 x 29.3 cm), Image: 9 x 8 9/16 inches (22.9 x 21.7 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "23/200"
Lettered, on cover of the mount, center: "THE LOST ANCHOR | A WOOD ENGRAVING BY | ROBERT GIBBINGS | WITH | A FOREWORD BY THE ARTIST | (design with initials R G) | THE WOODCUT SOCIETY | KANSAS CITY | 1936"; lettered, on inside of cover of the mount, center: "(forward written by the artist)"; lettered, lower right inside image: "R.G."; lettered, on back of mount, center: "THE LOST ANCHOR | AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVING BY | ROBERT GIBBINGS | IS PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION | OF TWO HUNDRED COPIES | EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE WOODCUT SOCEITY | This is Number 23 | COPYRIGHT 1936 BY THE WOODCUT SOCEITY | 1234 BOARD OF TRADE KANSAS CITY | MISSOURI"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Robert J Gibbings"
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953
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Copyright Status
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Classification
Prints
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Subject Terms
anchor | animal art | coral | designs | fish | ocean | seaweed
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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