Merritt Parkway
PrintmakerEngraved by
John DePol
American, born 1913
Date1993
MediumWoodcut; black and gray printer's inks on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 4 11/16 x 6 7/8in. (11.9 x 17.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (22.2 x 29.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 8 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (22.2 x 29.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionTwo automobiles are headed in opposite directions on a highway near an art deco style bridge carrying a secondary road. Grass and trees line the highway and there is a narrow grassy median strip. Clouds are in the sky.
Object number2008.15.1
InscribedOn recto, lower left, in pencil, "MERRITT PARKWAY"; "6.25.93/C YUP"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number "JDP 37924-S $300"NotesDate Note: Although the print was executed in 1993, the Merritt Parkway is depicted as it appeared shortly after it opened in the 1930s.
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