Head Study (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
John Wilson, American, 1922 - 2015
2002
Soft ground etching and aquatint with chine collé on wove paper
Ed. 30/50
Plate: 19 15/16 × 15 1/4 in. (50.7 × 38.8 cm)
Frame: 31 7/8 × 25 7/8 in. (81 × 65.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund
2021.3
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, lower right, in graphite: Wilson 02; inscribed, lower left, in graphite: 30/50 Head STudy
Course History
AAAS 88.19, Contemporary African-American Artists, Michael Chaney, Summer 2021
SART 27.01, Printmaking I, Tricia Treacy, Fall 2022
Studio Art 27.01, Printmaking I, Abra Ancliffe, Spring 2024
Provenance
Center Street Studio, Milton, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2021.
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