Image (Soseki)
1963/1964
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View on museum website →Medium
lithograph
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.803.19
Art Historical Context
**Image (Soseki)** by Arthur L. Flory invites visitors into the imaginative world of mid-20-century American printmaking. Created as a lithograph around 1963/1964, this work belongs to the National Gallery of Art's esteemed Rosenwald Collection, a trove of fine prints donated by philanthropist Lessing J. Rosenwald. Flory, a skilled practitioner of the medium, captures a poetic essence in the title's nod to Soseki—likely referencing the renowned Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki—blending Eastern literary influence with Western artistic innovation during a era of global cultural exchange. Lithog...
About the Artist
Arthur L. Flory
Arthur L. Flory (1914–1972) was an American artist born in Lima, Ohio, whose career bridged painting, printmaking, and illustration. He pursued formal training at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art and the National Academy of Design, institutions that shaped his technical proficiency in graphics and fine arts. Later sources also note studies at the Cape School of Art, where he earned...