Jacob Kainen

Sun in the Hills

1951

Abstract black-and-white print with bold white brushlike curves crossing a textured dark background.
Abstract black-and-white print with bold white brushlike curves crossing a textured dark background.

Jacob Kainen, Sun in the Hills, 1951. Aquatint, sheet: 14 1/16 × 14 3/4 in. (35.7 × 37.5 cm) Plate: 8 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (22.4 × 30.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist 96.44

Recto

Not on view

Date
1951

Classification
Prints

Medium
Aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 14 3/4 in. (35.7 × 37.5 cm) Plate: 8 13/16 × 11 7/8 in. (22.4 × 30.2 cm)

Accession number
96.44

Edition
Impression possibly 4 | Edition unknown

Publication
Printed by Jacob Kainen

Credit line
Gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
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