Untitled

Prints and Drawings

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Whitney Halstead
American, 1926-1979

Whitney Halstead became Kathleen Blackshear’s assistant in 1948 and eventually a revered art-history professor at SAIC. He took a special interest in the work of local self-taught artist Joseph Yoakum, collecting over 200 of his drawings, which he bequeathed to the Art Institute after his untimely death.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Whitney B. Halstead
Title: Untitled
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1946–1979
Medium: Etching, soft ground aquatint, and open bite in black on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 16.3 × 15.3 cm (6 7/16 × 6 1/16 in.); Sheet: 17 × 16 cm (6 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Vera Berdich
Reference Number: 2010.807

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