Cat's Cradle

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Charles White

Title

Cat's Cradle

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.

1972

Medium

Etching in black on cream wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed and dated lower right, below plate, in graphite: “CHARLES WHITE ‘72”; inscribed lower left, below plate, in graphite: ““CATSCRADLE” 1/25 ED.”

Dimensions

Image/plate: 60.4 × 67.7 cm (23 13/16 × 26 11/16 in.); Sheet: 71.4 × 100.2 cm (28 1/8 × 39 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Fund

Reference Number

2017.302

Copyright

© The Charles White Archives Inc.

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