Robert Ernest Marx

(Title page)

1965

Cover showing title "Encounters" with etching and credits to Daniel Berrigan and Robert E. Marx.
Cover showing title "Encounters" with etching and credits to Daniel Berrigan and Robert E. Marx.

Recto

Not on view

Date
1965

Classification
Prints

Medium
Etching and letterpress

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 × 11 1/16 in. (38.1 × 28.1 cm) Plate: 2 13/16 × 5 3/8 in. (7.1 × 13.7 cm)

Accession number
67.22.1

Edition
23/60

Publication
Printed by Robert Ernest Marx; published by Impressions Workshop

Credit line
Gift of Associated American Artists, Inc.

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/5636

Part of a series:
Encounters
8 works

A charcoal-like etching of a man's head and shoulders with dark, messy hair and somber expression.
A somber childlike figure gazes forward while holding a small bouquet of flowers.
A somber etched portrait of a woman with dark hair and a pensive expression.
A shadowy portrait of a solemn face emerging from a dark rectangular background.
A textured side-profile of a human head above a solid black rectangle on cream paper.
A small dark etching of a solemn human face centered on a large blank sheet of paper.
Cover showing title "Encounters" with etching and credits to Daniel Berrigan and Robert E. Marx.
A dark etching of a bird leaning downward with its beak pointing toward textured ground.


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