Ethel Spowers

Wet Afternoon

1929

Dating
Exact year
Held at
National Gallery of Art
Medium
4-color linocut (printed from 4 blocks) on buff laid tissue paper
Dimensions
image: 24.1 x 20.3 cm (9 1/2 x 8 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 23.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Collection no.
1988.20.40
Attribution
By the artist

Collection: National Gallery of Art

About this artwork

Wet Afternoon — Ethel Spowers. 1929.

Medium: 4-color linocut (printed from 4 blocks) on buff laid tissue paper.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 24.1 x 20.3 cm (9 1/2 x 8 in.) sheet: 35.4 x 23.3 cm (13 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1988.20.40. Gift of John Nichols Estabrook and Dorothy Coogan Estabrook.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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