San Marco [working proof 7]
1998
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hard ground etching with graphite additions on wove Somerset paper [working proof 7]
Dimensions
plate: 17.4 × 15.1 cm (6 7/8 × 5 15/16 in.) sheet: 29.8 × 26 cm (11 3/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2024.132.129
Art Historical Context
William Bailey's *San Marco [working proof 7]* (1998) invites visitors into the intimate world of printmaking experimentation. This small-scale etching, measuring just 17.4 × 15.1 cm on the plate, captures the American artist's mastery of precision and realism. Bailey, born in 1930 and renowned for his luminous still lifes reminiscent of Renaissance masters like Piero della Francesca, often explores everyday objects with hyper-detailed clarity. Here, the title evokes Venice's iconic St. Mark's Basilica, though as a working proof—the seventh in a series—it reveals the iterative process behind h...
About the Artist
William Bailey (British|French|British|British) · |1808 |1809 |1841 – |1873 |1898 |1910
British|French, Paris 1808–1873 Chislehurst, Kent| |British, 1841–1910