Martin Luther King, Jr.

John Wilson (American, 1922–2015)
Printed by: James Stroud (American, born in 1958)

2002

Medium/Technique Soft and hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint, scraping, burnishing, and abrasion, final state printed with rétroussage on chine collé

Dimensions Framed: 127 × 91.4 cm (50 × 36 in.)
Sheet: 91.4 × 76.2 cm (36 × 30 in.)

Credit Line Lee M. Friedman Fund and Living New England Artists Purchase Fund, created by The Stephen and Sybil Stone Foundation

Accession Number2005.645

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

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.

State State 18

DescriptionThis impression printed with rétroussage on chine collé

Marks Blindstamped at lower left -- chop of Jim Stroud

InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 43/50; l.r.: Wilson 02

ProvenanceCenter Street Studio (Milton, MA); 2005, sold by Center Street Studio to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 14, 2005)