Raphael Soyer

The Pier
1969

A colored sketch depicts a scene with a woman holding a child on the right, two men seated and reading on the left, and three children playing in the background near a window with a view of industrial chimneys. The artwork has a muted color palette and is numbered and signed by the artist at the bottom.
A colored sketch depicts a scene with a woman holding a child on the right, two men seated and reading on the left, and three children playing in the background near a window with a view of industrial chimneys. The artwork has a muted color palette and is numbered and signed by the artist at the bottom.

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Date
1969

Classification
Prints

Medium
Color lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet (sight): 15 5/8 × 15 1/8in. (39.7 × 38.4 cm) Image (sight): 14 1/2 × 14 1/4in. (36.8 × 36.2 cm)

Accession number
2015.288

Series
Memories

Edition
64/150

Publication
Printed by Atelier Desjobert; published by Touchstone Publishers

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Eva and Yoel Haller

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/48206

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