W. Seated from Selections from The Nude Man
Catalogue
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- plate: 8 1/16 x 3 15/16" (20.5 x 10 cm); sheet: 14 5/8 x 11" (37.2 x 28 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Beth Van Hoesen
Artist
Printmaking
Beth Van Hoesen was an American printmaker and painter known for finely detailed botanical and animal subjects rendered in etching, aquatint, and oil. Working from the 1950s onward, she developed a distinctive approach to naturalistic representation that combined scientific observation with intimate scale and muted color palettes. Her prints and paintings explored the formal qualities of feathers, leaves, and small creatures with a restraint and precision characteristic of postwar American printmaking. Van Hoesen's work bridged documentation and fine art, treating the natural world as a subject worthy of sustained formal investigation.
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1966 · Etching on in black ivory wove paper
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The Nude Man
1965 · Book of twenty etchings (six with drypoint and six with aquatint), four drypoints, and one engraving
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1965 · Drypoint from a portfolio of seven etchings (two with drypoint and two with aquatint), three drypoints, and two engravings (one with drypoint)
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1965 · Engraving and drypoint from a portfolio of seven etchings (two with drypoint and two with aquatint), three drypoints, and two engravings (one with drypoint)
Record
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- Beth Van Hoesen
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- plate: 8 1/16 x 3 15/16" (20.5 x 10 cm); sheet: 14 5/8 x 11" (37.2 x 28 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1965-M102568
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified