William Ashby McCloy Mixed Media "The Last Act"

Item Details

A limited edition mixed media print on paper titled The Last Act by artist and educator William Ashby McCloy (American, 1913 – 2001), dated 1971. The work depicts a stylized figure over a dead bull using silk screen and oil pastels. To the bottom print margin, the work is titled, numbered 3 out of an edition of 5, and signed. The print is presented unmounted and without a frame.

William Ashby McCloy spent his early life in China before moving back to the states with his family in 1926. He began his formal art training at the State University of Iowa and graduated with a B.A. in Art. With additional training in painting, printmaking, and sculpture McCloy eventually spent time in the military before pursuing additional education; earning a PhD in Art History in 1958. Both an exhibited artist and avid educator McCloy’s work is housed in permanent collections of The Library of Congress and the Slater Memorial Museum.

Condition

- some wear around the edges of the paper; paint marks and scuffs around the print margins; creasing to the bottom right; to the verso, marks and smudges.

Dimensions

- measurements of paper; measurements of plate 17" W x 28" H.

Item #

18BOS004-320