Self-Reflection at the Museum of Modern Art

1971

Prentiss Taylor

Associated Names
Prentiss Taylor

Artist, American, 1907 - 1991

This is a drawing depicting a silhouette under a reflective building facade. The image shows a contrast between the dark building with windows and a lighter foreground where a figure is reflected on water. Surrounding the figure are barren trees. The building has a curved facade on the right with reflective glass and a brick-like appearance with windows. The perspective creates depth, and the black and white palette emphasizes structure and form.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 55.2 × 38 cm (21 3/4 × 14 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 68.42 × 50.96 cm (26 15/16 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.368

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rose & Quiroz 1996, no. 122

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Franz Bader, Inc., Washington, D.C.); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 20, 1971; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1996

  • Rose, Ingrid, and Roderick S. Quiroz.. The Lithographs of Prentiss Taylor: A Catalogue Raisonné. Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 1996, pp. 7, 117, no. 122.

Inscriptions

lower left on stone: P.T. CXXII; lower left in graphite: Self-Reflection at the Museum of Modern Art; lower center in graphite: 25 prints; lower right in graphite: Prentiss Taylor April 1971

Wikidata ID

Q76355721

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