Litany

1934

Robert Austin

Associated Names
Robert Austin

Artist, British, 1895 - 1973

The image depicts the upper body and lower legs of a person leaning forward over the back of a chair, with their head resting on their arms on top of the chair. The person, wearing a head covering, short hair, a long patterned garment, and simple shoes or boots, is seated on the edge of the chair. Their closed eyes are visible from the side profile shown. The background includes a tasseled draped fabric on the left and a textured wall on the right, with large tiled flooring under the chair, indicating an indoor setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift from Clare Calder and her sister Rachel Austin

  • Dimensions

    plate: 13.1 × 9.9 cm (5 3/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.4 × 21.4 cm (10 13/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.5.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine Art Society 2001, no. 105

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rachel Austin and Clare Calder (the artist's daughters); acquired 2012 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

2001

  • Drawings and Prints by Robert Sargent Austin, with a Complete Catalog of His Prints. London: Fine Art Society, 2001, no. 105.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: RSA; lower left in plate: 3rd state 4 proofs 16 June; lower right in graphite: Robert Austin 1934; lower center margin in graphite: Floor bricks & mat outline / put in. New work on curtain / at back in shadow added. / New work on shirt. Black / patch on shawl filled in / stipple added on curtain at L. / rush seat of chair worked up

Wikidata ID

Q76560469

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