The Vanishing Giant

1930 (published 1953)

Harry Sternberg

Artist, American, 1904 - 2001

Associated American Artists

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.92 × 35.4 cm (9 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 33.34 × 43.02 cm (13 1/8 × 16 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.1401

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Moore 1975, no. 71

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Moore, James C. Harry Sternberg: A Catalog Raisonné of His Graphic Work. Wichita, Kansas: Ulrich Museum of Art, 1975, no. 71.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 134, no. 1216.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Sternberg; lower right in graphite: H Sternberg; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "The Vanishing Giant"

Markings

stamped lower center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012672

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