Clown
1945
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View on museum website →Medium
color engraving and aquatint on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 20 x 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 32.8 x 25.1 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1946.21.113
Art Historical Context
Sue Fuller's *Clown* (1945) is a delightful color engraving and aquatint wove paper, part of the esteemed Rosenwald Collection at the National Gallery of Art. With compact plate size of 20 15 cm (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in.), this print captures the artist's early mastery of intaglio techniques just as World War II drew to a close. The larger sheet (32.8 x 25.1 cm) frames the work perfectly for close viewing, highlighting Fuller's precision in a post-war era when American artists were pushing boundaries in accessible, reproducible art forms. Engraving allowed Fuller to incise sharp, expressive lines—id...