Edgar Allan Poe
Datec. 1920
Artist
Samuel Johnson Woolf
(American painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1880–1948)
MediumSingle-color lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 16 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (42.9 × 33.3 cm)
sheet: 21 15/16 × 17 13/16 in. (55.7 × 45.2 cm)
sheet: 21 15/16 × 17 13/16 in. (55.7 × 45.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.437
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextS. J. Woolf was best known for his hundreds of portraits of famous figures that appeared in Time Magazine. For his lithographs he did not restrict himself to living individuals, producing images of historical figures that are suprisingly redolent with character and atmosphere.
