Lamar Baker

Fright
1936–1937

A black and white etching depicting a startled person with wide eyes peering out from under a blanket in a barren, tree-filled landscape under a dark sky. The artwork has a haunting, surreal quality, with the moon partially obscured by the branches of a leafless tree. There are signatures and edition numbers at the bottom of the print.

A black and white etching depicting a startled person with wide eyes peering out from under a blanket in a barren, tree-filled landscape under a dark sky. The artwork has a haunting, surreal quality, with the moon partially obscured by the branches of a leafless tree. There are signatures and edition numbers at the bottom of the print.

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Date
1936–1937

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/2in. (40.3 × 29.2 cm) Plate: 10 13/16 × 8 1/2in. (27.5 × 21.6 cm)

Accession number
96.68.4

Edition
Ed. 16

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from The Lauder Foundation, Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/10477

Exhibitions

America Is Hard to See

May 1–Sept 27, 2015

Lamar Baker
6 works in the collection

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