Margery Austen Ryerson

Caprice
1950

A pencil sketch of a young child seated at a grand piano, with the lid open, playing the keys. Two candelabras with lit candles are placed on either side of the piano's music stand. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom right.
A pencil sketch of a young child seated at a grand piano, with the lid open, playing the keys. Two candelabras with lit candles are placed on either side of the piano's music stand. The artist's signature is visible at the bottom right.

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Date
1950

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 16 5/8 × 12 1/4in. (42.3 × 31.1 cm) Image (Irregular): 11 1/2 × 9 1/2in. (29.2 × 24.1 cm)

Accession number
2004.847

Edition
Ed. 200

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller & Son; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/20153

Margery Austen Ryerson
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