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Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Print of curving, abstract shapes outlined in thick, black ink. Central, a face is suggested by two dots connected by a u-shaped nose and a line for a mouth. This face connects on the right to an organic shape like a figure lifting a hoop over their head. On the left is another organic shape with two dots stacked on one another and a tail-like appendage curling down, a crescent shape above.

Laurels Number One

1947

Anne Ryan

(American, 1889–1954)

George Constant

(American, 1892–1978)

Joan Miró

(Spanish, 1893–1983)

Reginald Marsh

(American, born France, 1898–1954)

Stanley William Hayter

(British, 1901–1988)

Will Barnet

(American, 1911–2012)
20th century
portfolio of 3 engravings, 1 etching, 1 drypoint, and 1 lithograph
Sheet: 22 x 22.5 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund 1998.183
Location: Not on view

Description

Chris Ritter, director of the Laurel Gallery, New York, planned that Laurels would be a periodical with literature, prints, original calligraphy, handset type, and handmade papers by Douglass Howell. The first issue, which appeared in May 1947, included prints by Joan Miró, Anne Ryan, Stanley William Hayter, Reginald Marsh, George Constant, and Will Barnet. Only four issues were published.
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1998.183