Balance

Fannie Louise Hillsmith (American, 1911–2007)

1948

Medium/TechniqueAquatint on cream wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 16.3 x 25.5 cm (6 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of George S. Abrams

Accession number2010.1060

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InscriptionsRecto, in graphite, l.l: 1/30; in graphite, l.c: "Balance"; in graphite, l.r: F. Hillsmith 48

ProvenanceThe artist to Hyman Swetzoff, Swetzoff Gallery, Boston; about 1950-1967, sold by Swtzoff Gallery to George S. Abrams, Newton, MA; 2010, year-end gift of George S. Abrams to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)

CopyrightCourtesy of the Estate of Fannie Hillsmith and the Susan Teller Gallery, NY, NY.

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