The Midnight Sun
1960
Artist, American, 1909 - 2001
Printer, American, 1909 - 2001
Jacob Kainen
Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint, and engraving on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday
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Dimensions
plate: 30.8 x 37.8 cm (12 1/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
sheet: 38.1 x 46.4 cm (15 x 18 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1999.82.31
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Catalogue Raisonné
Flint 1976, no. 92
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999
Associated Names
Bibliography
1976
Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 92.
Inscriptions
below plate mark in graphite; lower left: 14/30; lower right: Jacob Kainen '60; along edge of sheet lower left: The Midnight Sun
Wikidata ID
Q75424444