Printing plate for "Month of the Flies (from "Book of Months""

Bernard Childs (American, 1910–1985)

1960

Medium/Technique Zinc plate, shaped, cut and engraved with hand and power tools, beveled edges

Dimensions Plate: 12.2 x 11.8 x 0.3 cm (4 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund

Accession Number2004.527

NOT ON VIEW

InscriptionsVerso, in ink, in hand of Judith Childs: Bernard Childs / Month of Flies

Provenancethe artist; the artist's widow, Judith Childs, from whom purchased by MFA Sept. 22, 2004