Martin Luther King, Jr.
John Wilson
(American, 1922–2015)
James Stroud
(American, born in 1958)
2002
Medium/TechniqueSoft and hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint, scraping, and burnishing
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 number2005.636
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In this impression we see Wilson scraping and burnishing the copper plate, searching for the proper balance of light and shadow on the face, but losing King’s likeness in process.
InscriptionsLower right in graphite pencil: Wilson 02
Lower right in graphite pencil: 11ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); from whom purchased by MFA, 14 December 2005.
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
