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Myself as Mezzetin

1936

Prentiss Taylor

Associated Names

Prentiss Taylor

Artist, American, 1907 - 1991

The image shows geometric shapes and flowing lines in an abstract composition. There are sharp lines of staircases and architectural details intersecting with organic fluid forms. A seated figure dressed in theatrical garb plays a stringed instrument. In the background, a figure peers over curved ledges, and a small depiction of a church-like building is visible. A cat rests near the musician.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph in black
Credit Line

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

image: 32.6 × 21.7 cm (12 13/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 41 × 30.4 cm (16 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.4727
Catalogue Raisonné

Rose & Quiroz 1996, no. 46

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1996

Rose, Ingrid, and Roderick S. Quiroz.. The Lithographs of Prentiss Taylor: A Catalogue Raisonné. Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 1996, p. 89, no. 46.

Inscriptions

lower center on stone: PT XLVI; lower left in graphite: Myself as Mezzetin 40 prints; lower right in graphite: Prentiss Taylor March 1936

Wikidata ID

Q76552100

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