Wounded Mountain
Artist
Michael Ponce de Léon
(American, 1922 - 2006)
CultureAmerican
Date1958
MediumCollage | Intaglio
DimensionsOverall: 24 x 16 1/2 in. (61 x 41.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 33 3/8 x 25 1/2 in. (84.8 x 64.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 33 3/8 x 25 1/2 in. (84.8 x 64.8 cm)
InscribedSigned lower right: "Ponce de Leon"
Credit LineGift of Michael Ponce de Léon
Object number63.70.43
Not on view
DescriptionCollage and intaglio print. Quote from the artist: "I have tried to evoke through this tragic-proud shape a poetic metaphor of the human drama with all the directness and simplicity of a spear thrown by a savage."Exhibition History"American Prints Today: 1959," multiple venues include Norfolk Museum, Norfolk, VA, November 8 - December 6, 1959. Grenchen, Switzerland Triennial, year unknown. Yugoslavian Biennial, year unknown. Unknown exhibitions at Tokyo, Australia, Paris, Rome.Published ReferencesPrint Council of America, _American Prints Today: 1959_ (1959) cat. no. 47.
