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Praying Mantises (Mantes Religieuses)
Helen Phillips (American, 1913–1995)
1952
Medium/Technique
Engraving and open bite etching, color trial proof printed in orange and green
Dimensions
Platemark: 26.4 × 20.9 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
Sheet: 33 × 25.1 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 33 × 25.1 cm (13 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund and funds donated by Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz in honor of Patrick Murphy
Accession Number2019.2252
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn graphite, b.c.: 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)