Earle Miller

Before the Resurrection
1948

A black and white etching depicting a somber scene with a bearded figure resembling Jesus Christ, seated with a halo around his head, his body draped and elongated, set against a dark, textured background that suggests a desolate landscape.
A black and white etching depicting a somber scene with a bearded figure resembling Jesus Christ, seated with a halo around his head, his body draped and elongated, set against a dark, textured background that suggests a desolate landscape.

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Date
1948

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 15 15/16 × 23in. (40.5 × 58.4 cm) Image: 13 9/16 × 17 9/16in. (34.5 × 44.6 cm)

Accession number
96.68.213

Edition
2/30

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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