A Man Pushing Two Women on a Swing
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 6 3/8 × 4 9/16 in. (16.2 × 11.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.500.551
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, J. Cariven's etchingA Man Pushing Two Women a Swing* captures a moment of leisure and interaction. This intimate scene, rendered on a trimmed sheet measuring just 6 3/8 × 4 9/16 inches, showcases a man playfully propelling two women on a swing, evoking simple joys of outdoor recreation. Acquired through The Elisha Whittelsey Collection in1959, it reflects the museum's commitment to preserving fine prints that offer glimpses into everyday human connections. Etching, the medium here, involves incising lines into a metal plate w...