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Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.

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Artist Rudolph Charles von Ripper (American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960)

Zero Hour Was 2 A.M. - Waist-Deep In The Fast-Flowing Water, We Crossed The Volturno River For The First Time Near Caiazzo.

Date1947

MediumEtching/aquatint

DimensionsSheet: 16 9/16 × 13 1/8 in. (42.1 × 33.3 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)

Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker

Object number2022.183.6

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