The Letter
1937
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- engraving in black on wove paper
- Dimensions
- plate: 13.4 × 10.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.) sheet: 24 × 23.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2012.5.20
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Letter — Robert Austin. 1937.
Medium: engraving in black on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): plate: 13.4 × 10.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 in.) sheet: 24 × 23.7 cm (9 7/16 × 9 5/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2012.5.20. Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin.
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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