Bill (Portrait of William Bronk)

Artist Daniel Leary American, born 1955

Subject William Bronk American, 1918 - 1999

Date1998

Mediumetching

DimensionsSheet: 6 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (15.6 x 14 cm)
Plate mark: 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of the Artist

Object number2008.4

On View

Not on view

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Works on Paper

SignedBelow etching: "Daniel Leary".

InscribedBelow etching: "8/20 [edition] Bill 1998".

DescriptionProfile, bust-length image of the poet WIlliam Bronk a year before his death at age 81. The subject is sitting in a chair with his torso mostly frontal, but his head is turned in profile looking to his right. He wears glasses and appears to have white hair.ProvenanceCollection of the artist, gift to The Hyde Collection, 2008.