On a Darksome Road
1961
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etching and aquatint
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1964.8.456
Art Historical Context
**On a Darksome Road is a compelling 1961 print by Minna Citron, innovative American artist renowned for her mastery of intaglio techniques. Citron (1896–1991), active during the WPA era and beyond, often explored human emotion and narrative through prints, blending social realism with sensibilities. This etching and aquat, housed in the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection—a treasure trove of 20th-century prints donated collectors Lewis and Lesley Rosenwald—ures a moody, introspective title that evokes journeys through uncertainty, resonant in the Cold War anxieties of the early 1960s. ...