By the Skin of Our Teeth

Chaim Koppelman

Caption

Chaim Koppelman American, 1920–2009. By the Skin of Our Teeth. Etching, aquatint and soft ground, Sheet: 15 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (38.4 x 52.1 cm) Image: 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.1 x 37.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Society of American Graphic Artists in memory of John von Wicht, 71.60.39. © artist or artist's estate

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

By the Skin of Our Teeth

Medium

Etching, aquatint and soft ground

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 1/8 x 20 1/2 in. (38.4 x 52.1 cm) Image: 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. (25.1 x 37.8 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Chaim Koppelman" in graphite, lower right, below image

Inscriptions

Inscribed, below image, lower left, in graphite: "8/30"; below image, lower center, in graphite: "By the Skin of Our Teeth"; below image, right, in graphite: "Chaim Koppelman".

Markings

elow image, lower left, in graphite: "8/30"; below image, lower center, in graphite: "By the Skin of Our Teeth";

Credit Line

Gift of the Society of American Graphic Artists in memory of John von Wicht

Accession Number

71.60.39

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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