Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Wilson
(American, 1922–2015)
James Stroud
(American, born in 1958)
2002
Medium/TechniqueSoft ground etching
DimensionsSheet: 91.4 x 76.2 cm (36 x 30 in.)
Credit LineLee M. Friedman Fund and Living New England Artists Purchase Fund, created by The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation
Accession number2005.625
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Once Wilson’s somewhat cursory, initial drawing was etched into the copper, the plate was inked and printed to produce this preliminary “first state.” He then returned to the plate to begin the process of enhancing and refining his marks.
InscriptionsLower right in graphite pencil: Wilson 02
Lower right in graphite pencil: 1ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); from whom purchased by MFA, 14 December 2005.
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
