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Surgeon

1957

Dean Meeker

Associated Names

Dean Meeker

Artist, American, born 1920

The image consists of geometric shapes and fluid lines forming an abstract composition. There is a humanoid figure at the center surrounded by two circular shapes resembling spotlights or surgical lamps. The shapes have texture and patterning creating depth and complexity.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number

1959.10.37

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; acquired 1959 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Surgeon"; lower center in graphite: 4/10; lower right in graphite: Dean Meeker

Wikidata ID

Q65222673

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