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Head and wings of an angel, from a series of prints made as Christmas cards for Luis García Lecuona

Publisher Carlos Alvarado Lang Mexican
1956
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head and wings of an angel, from a series of prints made as Christmas cards for Luis García Lecuona
  • Artist: Federico Cantù (Mexican, 1908–1989)
  • Publisher: Carlos Alvarado Lang (Mexican, La Piedad de Cabadas 1905–1961 Mexico City)
  • Date: 1956
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 15/16 in. (23.5 × 15.1 cm)
    Plate: 2 7/16 × 4 1/16 in. (6.2 × 10.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Miss Adelaide A. Cahill, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.562.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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