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Prentiss Taylor

Black and Black, Pittsburgh

1947

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Prentiss Taylor

Black and Black, Pittsburgh

1947

Physical Qualities Brush and tusche, and crayon lithograph, with scraping, Sheet: 303 × 404 mm. (11 15/16 × 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Roderick S. Quiroz, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1996.67
From the artist to the donor.
Ingrid Rose and Roderick S. Quiroz, 'The Lithographs of Prentiss Taylor: a catalogue raisonne,' NY: Fordham University Press, 1996. Herbert Cooper, 'The Lithographs of Prentiss Taylor...', 'Quarterly,' Washington Print Club, Summer 1996, pp. 15-16.

Inscribed: LL, graphite, 'Black on Black -- Pittsburgh, Prentiss Taylor'; lower center, graphite, 'Printer's proof for Geo. C. Miller'; LR, graphite, 'Prentiss Taylor March 1948'

Artist

Prentiss Taylor

1906–1990

American, 1907-1991
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