The Surrealist

2008

Edgar Bryan

Associated Names
Edgar Bryan

Artist, American, born 1970

Crown Point Press

Publisher

Ianne Kjorlie

Printer, American, active early 21st century

Catherine Brooks

Technical Collaborator, American, active early 21st century

Asa Muir-Harmony

Technical Collaborator, American, active early 21st century

The image shows the upper half of a person painting on a canvas placed on an easel. The person's head is slightly tilted downward, focused on their artwork. Their shaggy, brown hair covers their face. They wear a light-colored, long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. The person holds a paintbrush in their hand and a red artist's palette rests on their leg with dabs of paint in different colors. The background is a flat, muted green shade.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color spitbite aquatint and softground etching on wove Somerset paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kathan Brown

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.1 x 39.37 cm (15 x 15 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 54.29 x 54.93 cm (21 3/8 x 21 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.119.16

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Kathan Brown, San Francisco, gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: OKTP; lower right in graphite: Edgar Bryan '08; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: Bryan: The Surrealist OKTP

Wikidata ID

Q76560038

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