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Slow Ascent (Ascension Lente)
Slow Ascent (Ascension Lente)
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Slow Ascent (Ascension Lente)

Artist (American, born in France, 1911–2010)
Date1949
Mediumsoftground etching, engraving and drypoint with stencil additions on cream wove paper
Dimensionsplate: 22.2 x 17.6 cm (8 3/4 x 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 47.4 x 33 cm (18 11/16 x 13 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number1998.183
ProvenancePurchased from Charles M. Young, Glastonbury, CT
On View
Not on view
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