Mark Tansey

J. Baptist Discarding His Uniform in the Wilderness

1990

A shirtless man walks through a rocky valley carrying a cloth as carved letters cover the slopes.
A shirtless man walks through a rocky valley carrying a cloth as carved letters cover the slopes.
Recto

Not on view

Date
1990

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Colored pencil on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Sight): 8 9/16 × 7 1/2 in. (21.7 × 19.1 cm) Image: 7 13/16 × 6 11/16 in. (19.8 × 17 cm)

Accession number
2024.240

Credit line
Gift from the Emily Fisher Landau Collection

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/37968



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