Object number2023.12.3

The Rehersal

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Les Belles et La Bête I

Date1977

Artist Peter Milton (American, b.1930)

CultureAmerican

MediumResist-ground etching and engraving

EditionEdition 4 of 20

DimensionsPlate: 19 1/2 x 35 5/8 in. (49.5 x 90.5 cm)
Matted: 27 1/4 x 42 1/8 in. (69.2 x 107 cm)
Sheet: 26 x 40 in. (66 x 101.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Jo Citron, class of 1971

Period20th c

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, signed lower right margin corner in pencil: P Milton

InscribedOn recto, by artist, lower right margin corner in pencil: 77; lower center margin: THE REHEARSAL; lower left margin: LES BELLES ET LA BÊTE I

Catalogue raisonnéJohnson, 98BibliographyJohnson, Robert Flynn and Peter Milton. 1996. Peter Milton: Complete Prints 1960-1996. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, pl. 98DescriptionA black and white interior with human figures, cats, and a partially cat and human figure laying on the floor near center. A cat in a suit is seated at the edge of the room where a doorway opens into another space with other human figures. Details litter the composition with strange perspectives which appear to vacillate from reality to imaginary.

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