Box at the Metropolitan

1934

Reginald Marsh

Associated Names
Reginald Marsh

Artist, American, born France, 1898 - 1954

The image is an etching showing seven individuals seated in a theater box. Three women in period dresses with ornate designs and ruffles are in the foreground, two looking through opera glasses. The men in dark suits with bow ties are in the background. The box railing is decorated with flowers and carved motifs. Curtains in the background suggest a grand theater setting.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving in black

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Addie Burr Clark

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.5 × 20.4 cm (10 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.9.139

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Sasowsky 1976, no. 143, v/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

Bibliography

1976

  • Sasowsky, Norman. The Prints of Reginald Marsh. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1976, no. 143, v/v.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Fifty Proofs; lower right in graphite: Reginald Marsh

Wikidata ID

Q65081946

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