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Praying Mantises (Mantes Religieuses)

Helen Phillips (American, 1913–1995)
1952

Medium/Technique Engraving and open bite etching, proof printed in black
Dimensions Platemark: 26.3 × 20.3 cm (10 3/8 × 8 in.)
Sheet: 46.2 × 35.6 cm (18 3/16 × 14 in.)
Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund and funds donated by Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz in honor of Patrick Murphy
Accession Number2019.2250
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Mantes Religieuses; l.r.: Helen Phillips
ProvenanceThe artist's estate to Dolan/Maxwell Inc., Philadelphia; 2019, sold by Dolan/Maxwell Inc. to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 2019)