Studio Shelf

1981

Mark Alan Leithauser

Associated Names
Mark Leithauser

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows a table with various objects including a buffalo figurine, glass bottle, seashells, and ribbons. Above the table, there is a composition of wintry trees, penguins, and mechanical elements. The color palette is monochromatic with shades of black and white. The buffalo figurine is central, with seashells and ribbons around it, and the glass bottle to the right. The backdrop features a mix of wintry scenes, penguins, and mechanical elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.86 × 30.32 cm (9 × 11 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.85 × 36.83 cm (11 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.143.36

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine 1988, no. 40

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jude Tolley, Los Angeles, California; Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1994; acquired 2018 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Fine, Ruth E. Mark Leithauser: Paintings, Drawings, Prints. New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, 1988, no. 40.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Studio Shelf"; lower center in graphite: 5/90; lower right in graphite: Leithauser imp. 1981

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