Lotus Eaters (proof)
Artist
Fay Jones
(born Boston, Massachusetts, 1936)
Date1993
MediumColor aquatint, sugar lift, soap ground, Xerox transfer and spit bite etching
DimensionsSheet Overall: 30 3/8 x 43 7/8 in. (77.2 x 111.4 cm)
Image Overall: 23 7/8 x 35 3/4 in. (60.6 x 90.8 cm)
Image Overall: 23 7/8 x 35 3/4 in. (60.6 x 90.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LinePartial gift of Marcia Bartholme, Beta Press and partial Museum purchase
Object number2001.41.272
DescriptionBald male figure and female figure in lower right. A village scene is printed in light blue across the background with a white dragonfly in the upper right and a yellow circle above the female figure's head. A disembodied head floats sideways at right center. Per printer's notes this is a "Proof of Lotus Eaters before Black on figures was re-etched to make it denser, more velvety"On View
Not on view
Proof/Proof