Untitled ["tattoo" book]
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bound volume with 11 monotypes and 20 woodcuts
Dimensions
overall (closed): 17.1 × 13 × 1.5 cm (6 3/4 × 5 1/8 × 9/16 in.) sheet (each approx.): 16.4 × 12.6 cm (6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Anonymous in honor of Henry Francis du Pont Harrison
Accession Number
2021.4.1.7
About the Artist
James McCracken Jr.
**James McCracken Jr. (1942–2017)** James McCracken Jr., also known as Mac McCracken, was an American artist born in Lakewood, Ohio, in 1942 and who passed away on Deer Island, Maine, in 2017. Little is documented about his early life and training, leaving much of his formative years shrouded in obscurity. No records of specific teachers, art schools, or mentors have surfaced in major art histori...