Man Reading

1938

Sarkis Sarkisian

Associated Names
Sarkis Sarkisian

Artist, American, born Turkey, 1909 - 1977

The image shows a person seated at a table, leaning slightly forward with their left elbow on the table and their left hand supporting their head. Their right hand is on an open book on the table. The person has dark, short, wavy hair, soft facial features with closed eyes, and is wearing a loose, light-colored shirt with the collar open and sleeves slightly rolled up. There are no visible jewelry or other objects in their hands. The background has abstract, dark-greenish shapes that do not depict specific details.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color screenprint on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    image: 33.02 × 45.72 cm (13 × 18 in.)
    sheet: 50.48 × 65.09 cm (19 7/8 × 25 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.148.54

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Tomlinson Collection; to Robert Stana and Thomas Judy, Washington, D.C., 1991; acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right on screen: Sarkis 38; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: silkscreen print 1938 Sarkis Sarkisian 1909-1977

Wikidata ID

Q77015606

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