The Last Tree
date: label: date made
content: circa 1950
name: label: maker
content: Citron, Minna
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Minna Citron (1896-1991) was an American printmaker, whose style dramatically transformed from representational to abstract art in the 1940s. She became a member of Atelier 17, a renowned avant-garde print studio in New York, and was known for her experimental printmaking techniques. “The Last Tree,” printed in about 1950, was created in three states with red and blue ink. These prints were part of a series called "The Uncharted Course," in which Citron explored the relationship between spontaneity and control. She embraced the inherent mishaps of printmaking and found inspiration in the accidental forms they produced. This print is an example of the third state of the etching in blue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.21146
label: catalog number
content: 21146
label: accession number
content: 240678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Intaglio
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper, ink (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 56 cm x 26 cm; 22 1/16 in x 10 1/4 in