Homage to F. F. Jenkins
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1967
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Variant Date: 1968.
Medium: Woodcut.
Print Image Size: 34 x 19 7/8 inches.
Print Edition: 40 (with 3 artist's proofs).
Alternate Medium: Woodcut with lace collage.
Ink(s): black.
Support: laid paper.
A full-length portrait of the wealthy, yet notoriously bad, concert singer Florence Foster Jenkins, with wings attached to the back of her dress. A Yiddish proverb at the top is translated by the artist as "a person who is wealthy is not only beautiful, but sings beautifully as well."
Medium: Woodcut.
Print Image Size: 34 x 19 7/8 inches.
Print Edition: 40 (with 3 artist's proofs).
Alternate Medium: Woodcut with lace collage.
Ink(s): black.
Support: laid paper.
A full-length portrait of the wealthy, yet notoriously bad, concert singer Florence Foster Jenkins, with wings attached to the back of her dress. A Yiddish proverb at the top is translated by the artist as "a person who is wealthy is not only beautiful, but sings beautifully as well."