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The First Aviator

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The First Aviator

1932

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The First Aviator

1932

Physical Qualities Etching, roulette, and sulfur bite with printed tone, Sheet: 500 × 175 mm. (19 11/16 × 6 7/8 in.) Plate: 232 × 175 mm. (9 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Paul Mann, Towson, Maryland
Object Number 1979.381.8
Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, "Surrealism and Magic," August 30, 2014 - December 21, 2014, Boca Raton Museum of Art, January 26, 2015 - April 05, 2015.

Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012..

Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.

Markings: WM: RIVES; Verso: at upper left, stamped in purple ink: "8"

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Kurt Seligmann

1899–1961

American, born Switzerland, 1900-1962
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