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Jacob Kainen (artist): American, 1909 - 2001

Jacob Kainen (printer): American, 1909 - 2001

The Midnight Sun
1960: etching, drypoint, and engraving on wove paper; 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.); Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday; 1999.82.31; Not on View

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Inscription

below plate mark in graphite; lower left: 14/30; lower right: Jacob Kainen '60; along edge of sheet lower left: The Midnight Sun

Provenance

Ruth Cole Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1999

Associated Names

Kainen, Jacob

Bibliography

1976: Flint, Janet. Jacob Kainen: Prints, A Retrospective. Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1976, no. 92.

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