Lovers
1933
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lithograph
Dimensions
image: 181 x 205 mm sheet: 232 x 294 mm
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.5128
Art Historical Context
Beatrice Wood's *Lovers* (1933) is a delicate lithograph that captures the artist's early foray into printmaking, measuring 181 x 205 mm on a sheet of 232 x 294 mm. Wood, an American artist (1893–1998) celebrated for her luminous ceramics and ties to the Dada movement, created this intimate work during a pivotal time in her career. Having immersed herself in New York’s avant-garde scene in the 1910s alongside Marcel Duchamp, Wood explored drawing and illustration before gaining fame for her luster-glazed pottery in the 1930s and beyond. Lithography, the medium here, allowed Wood to translate ...