Sol y Luna
1945
Artist, American, born Argentina, 1914 - 2012

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving, gouged-out white areas, etching, soft-ground, aquatint, with scraping and burnishing on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 40.2 x 51.8 cm (15 13/16 x 20 3/8 in.)
sheet: 46.1 x 62.2 cm (18 1/8 x 24 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1945.5.83
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Catalogue Raisonné
Thien/Lasansky 1975, no. 65, State only
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1945.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 108.
Bibliography
1975
Thien, John and Philip Lasansky. Lasansky: Printmaker. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1975.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: Sol y luna 1/35; lower right in graphite: M. Lasansky / 45
Wikidata ID
Q65023984