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Eight Leggers

Eight Leggers

(American, 1910–1985)
1962
Medium/TechniqueEngraving with power tools, emeries, scrapers, burnishers, and burin
DimensionsPlatemark: 9.8 x 15 cm (3 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 25 x 33 cm (9 13/16 x 13 in.)
Credit LineGift of Philip C. Bowman
Accession number2015.2966
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Childs '62; b.c.: artist's proof; l.r.: "Eight leggers" 2/15
Provenance1965, sold by the artist in Paris to Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Bowman; by inheritence to their son, Philip C. Bowman, New Highlands, MA; 2015, gift of Bowman to the MFA . (Accession date: September 24, 2015)
CopyrightEstate of Bernard Childs