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Prentiss Taylor

Myself as Mezzetin

1935

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Prentiss Taylor

Myself as Mezzetin

1935

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, with scraping, Sheet: 507 × 299 mm. (19 15/16 × 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Roderick S. Quiroz, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1996.72
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, 'Myself as Mezzetin 22'; lower center, graphite, '40 prints'; LR, graphite, 'Prentiss Taylor March 1936'

Artist

Prentiss Taylor

1906–1990

American, 1907-1991
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