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Profile with Baboons [working proof 8]

1994

Nathan Oliveira

Associated Names

Nathan Oliveira

Artist, American, 1928 - 2010

Daria Sywulak

Printer, American, born 1960

The image includes a large, irregularly shaped black form surrounded by thin, scratchy lines across the composition. Some lines overlap while others loosely resemble animal profiles. The arrangement could evoke an abstract landscape with forms resembling animals. The interplay of dark and light elements against a textured background may remind viewers of a charcoal drawing or shadow play.

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Artwork overview

Medium

drypoint with spit bite aquatint, hard ground etching and burnishing on Somerset paper (WP 8 – black partial proof of drypoint with burnished aquatint for the face) [working proof 8]
Credit Line

Gift of Kathan Brown
Dimensions

35 x 28 in.
Accession Number

2024.132.557
Catalogue Raisonné

[working proof 8]

Artwork history & notes

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