Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Ponte dei Sospiri No 2, Venice  

Year: 1912

Number: 64

Size: 35.7 x 25.5 cm

States: 4

Title on Print: Ponte dei Sospiri, Venice

Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: C H Armington 1912 l.l.

Numbers in Pencil:

One ‘’State’’

2, 6, 9, 11, 32, 35, 56/75

Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington

Dedication:

Planned Edition: 75

Total Number of Impressions: 95

Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:

1st state 2 prints

2nd, 3 prints, sky added, shadows darker

3rd reflection in water, more details in bridge

8 prints 4 destroyed

4th state 6 prints

14, 1 for Frank not numbered

10

1 extra

Numbered 1 to 75

Plate crossed 2 prints

Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: 75, 125 f.

Plate: plate was crossed.

Collections:

Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada  (x2)                                           

PAMA

Oklahoma City Museum of Art 

Exhibitions:

Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915

A New Class of Arts: The Artist’s Print in Canadian Art, 1877-1920, National Gallery of Canada, 27 June- 2 September 1996, Ottawa.

Grimsby Art Gallery, March-April 1993 Grimsby, Ontario; Exhibit and Sale; The Armingtons: Canadian Painter/Etchers in Paris; Frank Armington, Caroline Armington

Publications:

A New Class of Arts: The Artist’s Print in Canadian Art, 1877-1920, Rosemarie L. Tovell, National Gallery of Canada, 27 June- 2 September 1996, Ottawa.

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