Mercury

Leon Underwood British

1922

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Title: Mercury
Artist: Leon Underwood (British, London 1890–1975 London)
Date: 1922
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 in. × 10 3/8 in. (17.8 × 26.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, PECO Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019
Object Number: 2019.592.280
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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