1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Previous July 16 posts:
Summer~ July 16
“Redes” released on July 16, 1936 (Mexico City)
Charles Sheeler: Born July 16, 1883
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/16~
Published 1959 / Lithograph on vellum, after artwork from 1958
Image 9.25 x 7″ / Frontispiece for quarto [book]; limited edition of 495 copies
Previous June 12 posts:
Pride Month~ June 12
Maruyama Ōkyo: Born June 12, 1733
Anne Frank: Born June 12, 1929
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/12~
1980 / Aquatint Etching on Paper / 18 1/4”x14 3/4” / Various private collections
Previous June 9 posts:
Pride Month~ June 9
Jackie Wilson: Born June 9, 1934
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/9~
1918 / Etching / Plate: 7 3/8”x7 13/16” / Various collections, including Art Institute of Chicago
Previous June 6 posts:
Pride Month~ June 6
D-Day: June 6, 1944
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/6~
1962 / Oil and spray enamel on canvas / 93”x72 1/4” / The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Previous June 1 posts:
Pride Month~ June 1
June 1, 1967: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released
Artist Birthday Quiz for 6/1~
1966 / Acrylic, papier-mâché, plastic, plywood, string
Approximately 96”x39”x17” / Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Previous May 29 posts:
Love & War~ May 29
May 29, 1913: Premiere of “Le sacre du printemps”
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/29~
1849 / Hand-colored lithograph with tint-stone on paper / 19 3/16”x14 5/8” / National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
“Description of Banvard’s panorama of the Mississippi river, painted on three miles of canvas: exhibiting a view of country 1200 miles in length, extending from the mouth of the Mississippi river to the city of New Orleans; being by far the largest picture ever executed by man”
https://archive.org/details/descriptionofban00banv
Previous May 16 posts:
Tamara de Lempicka~ Born May 16, 1898(?)
c.1830–36 / Woodblock print; ink and color on paper / 9 5/8”x14 9/16”
Various collections, including Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Previous April 28 posts:
1971 / 7-color lithograph with varnish on Arches paper / 38 7/8”x29 3/16”
Edition of 66 + 12 Artist’s Proofs / Various collections, including National Gallery of Art, D.C.
Previous April 23 posts:
Spring~ April 23
Lee Miller: Born April 23, 1907
Myron Waldman: Born on April 23, 1908
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/23~
1970 / Lithograph and collage / 52 1/2”x37 1/2”
Edition of 50, based on his original design of an offset-printed poster
Previous April 22 posts:
Spring~ April 22
John Waters: Born April 22, 1946 (1)
John Waters: Born April 22, 1946 (2)
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/22~
