Paperwhites

1982

Mark Leithauser

Associated Names
Mark Leithauser

Artist, American, born 1950

The image shows a mechanical contraption with gears and coils, along with large bulbous plants with twisted foliage. The color palette consists of greys. The contraption is in the lower left foreground, with the bulbs in the background and on the right side. A decorative pattern of flying birds is visible on a surface behind the mechanical device.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on Arches wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.32 × 15.24 cm (8 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 27.31 × 21.75 cm (10 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.143.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Fine 1988, no. 42

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jude Tolley, Los Angeles, California; Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 1994; acquired 2018 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Fine, Ruth E. Mark Leithauser: Paintings, Drawings, Prints. New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, 1988, no. 42.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: "Paperwhites"; lower center in graphite: 4/90; lower right in graphite: Leithauser imp. 1982

Watermarks

Arches / France [infinity symbol]

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