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Pieta

c. 1934

Jan Gelb

Associated Names

Jan Gelb

Artist, American, 1906 - 1978

This is a monochromatic drawing showing two figures in a tender embrace. In the background, there is a tree with a noose hanging from a branch.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 336 x 331 mm
sheet: 402 x 300 mm
Accession Number

2008.115.2018

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Child Gallery, Boston, MA); Dave and Reba Williams, Greenwich, CT, December 1994; gift to NGA, December 2008

Associated Names

Dave H. and Reba W. Williams

Inscriptions

Inscribed: Pieta 2/5 in pencil, lower left; signed: J Gelb on stone, lower left; J Gelb in pencil, lower right

Wikidata ID

Q76441299

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