Gibson Byrd

The Monument, 1957

15.625 × 19.75 ″ Framed: 21.813 × 25.25 × 1.25 ″ Intaglio print, etching

In the foreground is a man on the viewer's left wearing grey pants, dark shirt, and a long light grey coat. He is taking a step forward looking down with his left hand across his lower body. There is another man on the viewer's right wearing all grey leaning far forward with his right arm outstretched in front of him. Behind him is a rectangular structure with a figure enclosed and seated in a higher level. There is a figure further back in the middle left walking to the left. The figure furthest in the background is in the middle right and almost mirroring the position of the man in the front right. It seems to be raining in the setting. artwork has a white mat and a black frame.

 

Credit Line:

Collection of Cedarburg Art Museum, Gift of Gwain Meyer and Brian F. Byrd

Inventory ID:

2021.07