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Martin Luther King, Jr.

(American, 1922–2015)
(American, born in 1958)
2002
Medium/TechniqueSoft and hard 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 number2005.626
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Description
Here, King’s likeness begins to emerge, as Wilson adds a network of fine etched lines to the head and neck.
InscriptionsLower right in graphite pencil: Wilson 02 Lower right in graphite pencil: 2a
ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); from whom purchased by MFA, 14 December 2005.
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson