Night Feeding
Artist
Roy DeCarava
(American, 1919-2009)
CultureAmerican
Date1973, printed 1991
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall, Support: 22 × 18 in. (55.9 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Overall, Image: 11 × 8 3/8 in. (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
InscribedEach signed, dated and numbered in pencil in the margin
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number2002.15.6
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a photogravure of a woman, with her face illuminated, gazing at a child in her arms who is breast feeding.ProvenanceRoy DeCarava, 1991; Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, Ny.; Chrysler Museum of Art Purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, 2002. Published ReferencesRoy DeCarava, with intro. by Sherry Turner, _Roy DeCarava: Twelve Photogravures_ (Renaissance Press, 1991), 1-12.
