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1955

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Print, The Evening Star (Destroyed)

This is a Print. It was created by Henry Wolf. It is dated 1897 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is wood engraving in black ink on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. It is credited Gift of Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 12.2 × 18.6 cm (4 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.) Sheet: 24.2 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 in.)

It is signed

Signed on block, lower left: H. WOLF / inc & sc

It is inscribed

Inscribed on block, lower right: DESTROYED

Cite this object as

Print, The Evening Star (Destroyed); Henry Wolf (1852–1916); USA; wood engraving in black ink on wove paper; Platemark: 12.2 × 18.6 cm (4 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.) Sheet: 24.2 × 30.5 cm (9 1/2 × 12 in.); Gift of Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts; 1955-17-9

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