American Girl from Impressions: Our World, Volume I

Emma AmosWW-1974-M106291

1974·Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)·plate: 15 13/16 × 19 13/16" (40.1 × 50.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30" (56.8 × 76.2 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1974
Medium: Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of seven etchings (five with aquatint, two with embossing)
Dimensions: plate: 15 13/16 × 19 13/16" (40.1 × 50.4 cm); sheet: 22 3/8 × 30" (56.8 × 76.2 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Emma Amos

Artist

Emma Amos

Painting

Emma Amos was an American painter and printmaker whose figurative works combined abstraction with portraiture, often centering Black women and the complexities of identity in postwar America. Working primarily in oils, acrylics, and etching, her compositions layered gestural mark-making with representational elements, creating a visual tension between the personal and the universal. Her practice engaged with color and form as instruments of psychological and social inquiry.

Atlanta, United States

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