TitleMr. Charles
Artist
William Auerbach-Levy
(American, 1889 - 1964)
Daten.d.
MediumSoft-ground etching
DimensionsSheet size: 10 × 5 1/4 in.
Plate size: 9 1/2 × 5 in.
SignedSigned in graphite at LR
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, Gift of the artist, 1913
Object number1981.268
Label TextAuerbach-Levy was a painter but came to be more widely known as a printmaker and caricaturist. In this portrait of a man identified only as Mr. Charles, he achieved the spontaneous quality of a pencil or charcoal sketch through the use of the soft-ground etching technique. Evidently the artist was pleased with the results, for he cut out the figure from a large sheet, put his signature on it, and gave it to the Academy. He taught etching at the National Academy School from 1920 to 1935.