A pencil sketch of a mermaid sitting with her arms crossed and her tail curled beneath her.

Prints

Mermaid

2004

Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (41.3 × 32.1 cm) Plate: 10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 cm)
Accession number
2013.242
Acquired
2013
Credit line
Gift of Carolina Nitsch in honor of David W. Kiehl
Reproduction credit
© Inka Essenhigh
Edition
HC 2/2 | Ed. 9, 3 APs, 2 PPs, 1 BAT, 2 HCs
Publication
Printed by Burnet Editions; published by Michael Steinberg
Department
collection

About this work

Inka Essenhigh, Mermaid, 2004. Etching and drypoint, sheet: 16 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (41.3 × 32.1 cm) Plate: 10 × 7 1/2 in. (25.4 × 19.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Carolina Nitsch in honor of David W. Kiehl 2013.242. © Inka Essenhigh