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Floating Islands
Eric Fischl (American, born in 1948)
Printed by: Peter Kneubühler, Zurich
Published by: Peter Blum Edition, New York
Printed by: Peter Kneubühler, Zurich
Published by: Peter Blum Edition, New York
1985
Medium/Technique
Green cloth-covered case for the portfolio of five color etchings with aquatint, sugar-lift, drypoint, and scraping, with title page and colophon
Dimensions
Overall (portfolio): 65.7 × 86 cm (25 7/8 × 33 7/8 in.)
Sheet (four prints): 29.5 × 80.5 cm (11 5/8 × 31 11/16 in.)
Sheet (one print): 58.4 × 42.5 cm (23 × 16 3/4 in.)
Sheet (four prints): 29.5 × 80.5 cm (11 5/8 × 31 11/16 in.)
Sheet (one print): 58.4 × 42.5 cm (23 × 16 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Adrienne B. Torf in memory of Lois B. Torf
Accession Number2021.742.8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsObject accessories – Containers
Prints – Portfolios
Prints – Portfolios
Provenance1985, sold by Blumarts Inc., New York, to Lois B. Torf (b. 1926 – d. 2020), Weston, MA; 2020, by descent to her daughter, Adrienne B. Torf, San Francisco, CA; September 15, 2021, Lois Torf collection sale, Christie’s, New York, lot 202 (bought in); 2021, gift of Adrienne B. Torf to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)