Benton Murdoch Spruance

Soliloquy
1949

A contemplative woman with short hair, dressed in a green top and brown skirt, is depicted sitting beside a mirror in a color lithograph. The reflection shows a partial view of her face and a glimpse of a stormy seascape in the background. The artwork has a textured appearance with visible brush strokes, and there's a handwritten signature and title at the bottom.
A contemplative woman with short hair, dressed in a green top and brown skirt, is depicted sitting beside a mirror in a color lithograph. The reflection shows a partial view of her face and a glimpse of a stormy seascape in the background. The artwork has a textured appearance with visible brush strokes, and there's a handwritten signature and title at the bottom.

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Date
1949

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 23 × 16 1/8in. (58.4 × 41 cm) Image: 18 3/4 × 13 1/8in. (47.6 × 33.3 cm)

Accession number
96.68.283

Series
Vanities series

Edition
2/40

Publication
Printed by Theodore H. Cuno

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

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Benton Murdoch Spruance
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