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1928

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Print, Door to a Gothic Cathedral

This is a Print. It was created by William Zadig. It is dated 1928 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is woodcut in black ink on cream-colored mulberry paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by F. Elizabeth De Voy. It is credited Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy.

Its dimensions are

Platemark: 25.2 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.) Mount: 37.8 × 30.9 cm (14 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: "Zadig 1928"

It is inscribed

Inscribed at top: "ego serm ipud ostium"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "From George Stewart's Sanctuary"; lower right: "with good wishes"

Cite this object as

Print, Door to a Gothic Cathedral; William Zadig (Swedish, 1884–1952); USA; woodcut in black ink on cream-colored mulberry paper; Platemark: 25.2 × 19.8 cm (9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in.) Mount: 37.8 × 30.9 cm (14 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Gift of F. Elizabeth De Voy; 1957-58-44

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