Orpheus and the Sirens
1983
Artist, American, 1902 - 1993
Artwork overview
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Medium
color woodcut on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
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.) -
Accession
2012.92.661
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Brody's Gallery, Washington, D.C.); Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739), purchased September 15, 1988; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Orpheus and the Sirens; lower center in graphite: 5th imp; lower right in graphite: James L Wells 83"
Markings
stamped twice in black ink on verso: R [Ruth Cole Kainen]
Wikidata ID
Q76557618