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150 Years
of Print Collecting at the Smithsonian
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Charles W. Dahlgreen, 1864-1955
Morning Shadows
Etching and aquatint
Gift of the artist, 1945
Chicago artist Charles W. Dahlgreen worked in intaglio and monotype. He etched
appealing regional subjects: western pines, midwestern farms, and city scenes
dominated by bridges and skyscrapers. In the late 1940s he generously donated several
hundred prints and plates, with the intention that his plates should be printed and sold
as a "Smithsonian Edition," the proceeds to benefit the graphic arts collection. During
the 1950s and 1960s, Museum visitors purchased prints from this edition, and the
resulting Dahlgreen Fund added many important prints to the National Collection.
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