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, burnishing, and abrasion
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 number2005.639
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King’s head is again plunged into shadow, save for a halo around his forehead. The shading of the torso now more closely resembles Wilson’s original drawing.
InscriptionsLower right in graphite pencil: Wilson 02
Lower right in graphite pencil: 14ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); from whom purchased by MFA, 14 December 2005.
CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
