Night Guard

1977

Jacob Kainen

Associated Names
Jacob Kainen

Artist, American, 1909 - 2001

The image shows bold, sweeping black lines and shapes on a tan background. In the center, irregular pentagonal shapes filled with shades of gray and white, speckled with small orange dots. To the lower right, thin, vertical black lines resemble tree bark or wood grain.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    aquatint and softground etching in blue-gray, orange, and black on Rives BFK paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.2 x 40.2 cm (19 3/4 x 15 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 65.9 x 50 cm (25 15/16 x 19 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.116.59

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Flint 1976, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

below platemark, lower right in graphite: Jacob Kainen '77; below platemark, lower left in graphite: 8/50; lower left in graphite: NIGHT GUARD

Watermarks

BFK RIVES / FRANCE

Wikidata ID

Q74891960

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