Railway Sheds, Marseilles
1937
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View on museum website →Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.4 x 31.8 cm (10 x 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 34.8 x 42.4 cm (13 11/16 x 16 11/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Accession Number
1991.116.23
About the Artist
Muirhead Bone · 1876–1953
Sir Muirhead Bone was born in Glasgow on March 23, 1876, into a world of shipyards and industrial architecture that would profoundly shape his art. He trained initially in architectural draftsmanship before studying at Glasgow School of Art, developing a draughtsman's eye for structure and mass. He began printmaking in 1898, and though his first known print was a lithograph, he became celebrated a...