Harold Altman

Reader
1968

A monochrome etching depicting a solitary figure seated on a park bench, immersed in reading a book. The scene is rendered with heavy shadows, suggesting either dusk or dawn, with light illuminating the ground in front of the bench. The artwork includes handwritten inscriptions at the bottom.

A monochrome etching depicting a solitary figure seated on a park bench, immersed in reading a book. The scene is rendered with heavy shadows, suggesting either dusk or dawn, with light illuminating the ground in front of the bench. The artwork includes handwritten inscriptions at the bottom.

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Date
1968

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and aquatint

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 13/16 × 22 1/8in. (75.7 × 56.2 cm) Plate: 19 13/16 × 19 5/8in. (50.3 × 49.8 cm)

Accession number
69.204

Edition
AP

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the artist

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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artworks/3500

Harold Altman
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