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Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl (American (born in Germany), 1855–1932)
1883

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint, 2 nd state of 4
Dimensions Platemark: 18.5 × 12.5 cm (7 5/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 23.2 × 16.4 cm (9 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler
Accession Number98.1836
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionNo. 6 2nd w s, 2nd impro rag wipe (on reverse)
One of various working states
Signed Etched in plate, u.r. IMGaugengigl 1883
InscriptionsEtched in plate: u.r. IMGaugengigl 1883
ProvenanceBy 1896, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900), Leipzig, Boston, and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 13, 2017)

NOTE:
Sylvester Rosa Koehler was the first Print Curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. He deposited his collection at the MFA in 1895-1896. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.