Earl Staley
Icarus

Icarus

© Earl Staley

Icarus
Icarus
ArtistAmerican, born 1938
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Icarus
  • from the series A Collection of Myths and Stories
Date1983
Published inHouston, Texas, United States
MediumEtching and aquatint in colors on wove paper, edition 2/15
DimensionsPlate: 13 5/8 × 10 5/8 in. (34.6 × 27 cm)
Sheet: 22 3/8 × 18 5/8 in. (56.8 × 47.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Penelope Cerling and Jeff Skarda in memory of Bruce Hastings
Object number2011.754.1
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Prints and Ceramics from Little Egypt Enterprises," Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 6–November 17, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Numbered below plate lower left in pencil: 2/15
Numbered verso lower left in pencil: (LEE 286) MG LEE 50
Signed and dated below plate lower right in pencil: Staley 83
Embossed lower right: [pyramid] [fountain pen nib]

The pyramid shape is the emblem for Little Egypt Enterprises

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