Seaseeing, from "Precarious Balance"

Valgerður Bergsdóttir Icelandic

Printer Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canadian

Publisher Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton Canadian

1990

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Title: Seaseeing, from "Precarious Balance"
Series/Portfolio: Precarious Balance
Artist: Valgerður Bergsdóttir (Icelandic, born 1943)
Printer: Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Publisher: Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Date: 1990
Medium: Linocut on mulberry paper
Dimensions: Plate: 10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in. (27.2 × 20 cm)
Sheet: 12 1/16 in. × 9 in. (30.6 × 22.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, 1991
Object Number: 1991.1241(1)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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