To Sit

© Emma Amos/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

To Sit

Currently not on view

To Sit,

1981

Emma Amos, 1938–2020; born Atlanta, GA; died Bedford, NH; active New York, NY, and New Brunswick, NJ
Printed in collaboration with Kathy Caraccio, K. Caraccio Etching Studios
2020-321

Information

Title
To Sit
Dates

1981

Maker
Emma Amos
Printed in collaboration with Kathy Caraccio, K. Caraccio Etching Studios
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and styrene stencil
Dimensions
plate: 59.7 × 90.2 cm (23 1/2 × 35 1/2 in.) sheet: 74.9 × 101.6 cm (29 1/2 × 40 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund, selected for acquisition by students in ART 354: The Art of the Print
Object Number
2020-321
Signatures
In graphite, lower right: Emma Amos
Inscription
In graphite, lower left: 17/25/ 1981 In graphite: lower center: To sit/ with Pochoir
Culture
American
Type
etchings, prints
Materials
styrene
Techniques
stenciling, pochoir, etching (printing process), aquatint
Subject
women, bathing suits, figures (representations), geometric patterns

The artist; Ryan Lee Gallery, New York

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