Beethoven

Edgar Imler American

Publisher WPA

Sitter Ludwig van Beethoven German

1935–43

Not on view

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Provenance

Title: Beethoven
Artist: Edgar Imler (American, Clairsville, Pennsylvania 1896–1973 Altoona, Pennsylvania)
Publisher: WPA
Sitter: Ludwig van Beethoven (German, 1770–1827)
Date: 1935–43
Medium: Carborundum etching
Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 8 in. (24.8 × 20.3 cm)
Sheet: 14 in. × 11 1/4 in. (35.6 × 28.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of the Work Projects Administration, New York, 1943
Object Number: 43.33.320
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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