Object number2021.12
Head Study
Date2002
Artist
John Woodrow Wilson
(American, 1922 - 2015)
Printer
James Stroud
assisted by
Bennett Morris
CultureAmerican
MediumEtching, lift-ground aquatint, spit bite, drypoint, and scraping and burnishing, on chine collé Rives BFK paper
EditionEdition 22 of 50, plus 5 artist proofs, 4 studio proofs (signed CSS I-IV), and 1 Bon à Tirer
DimensionsPlate: 20 x 15 1/4 in. (50.8 x 38.7 cm)
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in. (75.9 x 57.2 cm)
Matted: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/2 in. (75.9 x 57.2 cm)
Matted: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. Frederick Ferris Thompson, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin in pencil: Wilson
InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right in pencil: 02; lower left margin: 22/50 Head Study
MarkingsOn recto, embossed shell [Center Street Studio chop mark] lower left corner
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionDepiction of a man from the chest up rendered with sketchy lines and shading with a black background behind him.
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