Orpheus and the Sirens, 1983

Not on View

color woodcut on wove paper

image (approximately): 62.23 × 43.18 cm (24 1/2 × 17 in.)

sheet: 74.3 × 54.61 cm (29 1/4 × 21 1/2 in.)

2012.92.661

James Lesesne Wells (artist) American, 1902 - 1993

lower left in graphite: Orpheus and the Sirens; lower center in graphite: 5th imp; lower right in graphite: James L Wells 83"

stamped twice in black ink on verso: R [Ruth Cole Kainen]

(Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased September 15, 1988; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Brody's Gallery
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.