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, final state printed with rétroussage on chine collé
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 number2005.645
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The finished plate was printed in an edition of fifty impressions. During the printing of the edition, a tissue-thin sheet of Japanese Mulberry paper was adhered to the white backing sheet, lending the portrait an added warmth and humanity.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 43/50; l.r.: Wilson 02ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); 2005, sold by Center Street Studio to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2005)CopyrightEstate of John Wilson
