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The Unrolled Egg of the Common Murre
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The Unrolled Egg of the Common Murre

Artist Rosamond Purcell (American, born 1942)
Date2008; printed 2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 19 5/8 x 39 7/8 inches (49.85 x 101.28 cm)
Sheet: 24 1/4 x 44 inches (61.6 x 111.76 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2012.16.4
Signedon front, in margin, lower right corner, in pencil “Rosamond Purcell”
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DescriptionImage composed of undulating black lines – each organic in appearance and varied in length and shade.Exhibition History

Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.

Copyright© Rosamond Wolff Purcell
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