Montauk
1991
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View on museum website →Medium
aquatint and soft-ground etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 20.3 x 25.1 cm (8 x 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 41.9 x 43.5 cm (16 1/2 x 17 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
1992.106.1
Art Historical Context
**Montauk**, a captivating 1991 print by artist Alfred Leslie, invites viewers into the nuanced world late-20th-century printmaking Leslie, renowned for his evolution from Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s New York art scene to bold figurative realism, created this work during a period of experimentation with graphic media. Titled after the windswept tip of Long Island, New York—where Leslie maintained a studio—it measures a modest plate size of 20.3 x 25.1 cm, expanded on a larger sheet, allowing intimate appreciation of its details. Crafted as an aquatint and soft-ground etching in black ...