Victoria Regina from The Joy of Ornament, 1980

Not on View

The Joy of Ornament

etching and aquatint from a portfolio of 17 etchings and aquatints and three drypoints on wove Arches paper

plate: 22.5 x 10.2 cm (8 7/8 x 4 in.)

sheet: 29.2 x 15.2 cm (11 1/2 x 6 in.)

1997.8.124.8

Robert Kushner (artist) American, born 1949

Stephen Thomas (printer) American, active 1978

"Robert Kushner" verso, lower right sheet, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "OK to Print" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, artist's hand.

"8" lower right margin, black stamped ink.

Acquired by NGA in 1997 directly from Kathan Brown.

Brown, Kathan

1997: Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997, no. 98*, as The Joy of Ornament: Victoria Regina.

1997: Thirty-five Years at Crown Point Press. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1997-1998: no. 98*.