The Three Incestuous Sisters

2003

Audrey Niffenegger

Associated Names
Audrey Niffenegger

Artist, American, born 1963

The image shows a person lying horizontally with their head tilted back, eyes partly closed. They have a beard, moustache, weathered hair under a hat, and wear a bright orange raincoat, black boots. Their arms are bent with open hands. The background has dark geometric patterns and lines suggesting raindrops. A railing is visible in front of them.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored etching and aquatint on Sakamoto wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Bob Stana and Tom Judy

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.38 × 30 cm (8 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.143.43

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois); Bob Stana and Tom Judy, Washington, D.C., 2003; acquired 2018 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left verso in graphite: 14/16; lower center verso in graphite: 7 [circled] / The Death of the Lighthouse Keeper / From: The Three Incestuous Sisters; lower right verso in graphite: Audrey Niffenegger 2003

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