Douglas John and Ms. Smith
Date2007
Artist
Sylvia Sleigh
(Welsh painter, 1916–2010, active in the United States)
Printer/Printmaker
Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions
MediumDigital print with hand lithography
Dimensions12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Danielle Rice in memory of Anne d'Harnoncourt and Sylvia Sleigh, 2010
Object number2010-30.14
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextFigurative painter Sylvia Sleigh is known for her meticulously-rendered nude male portraits. She mines the art historical canon for stylistic and compositional inspiration, referencing French Impressionism and the British Pre-Raphaelites, among others. Douglas John and Ms. Smith illustrates the fine attention Sleigh pays to rendering physical details, such as the depiction of hair.
Portfolio/Print/ photo/ drawing in portfolio
