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Image of woman from the bust up, three quarter profile, she is facing to her left, brown shoulder length hair and bangs, red collar under white shirt and collar.
The Secret
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

The Secret

Artist Virginia Myers (American, 1927 - 2015)
Date1964
MediumEngraving and etching on copper and handprinted and editioned on paper by the artist
DimensionsMat: 28 x 22 in. (71.12 x 55.88 cm)
Paper: 21 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (53.98 x 46.36 cm)
Image: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (44.45 x 34.29 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Melvin and Lorna Rubin
Object number1998.24.3
Collections
Visual DescriptionImage of woman from the bust up, three quarter profile, she is facing to her left, brown shoulder length hair and bangs, red collar under white shirt and collar.
Black and white line print of a woman facing forward with short, wavy hair. She wears a collared top beneath a dark, densely hatched bodice. Her arms are folded across her chest, hands holding thin, pointed tools.
The Engraver
Virginia Myers
c. 1968
Scene of various figures, children and adults. In the center is an implied form of a bucking horse.
A Massacre of the Innocents
Virginia Myers
c. 1967
Woman's face with a mask.
Night Terrors
Frances Myers
c. 1995
Two self-portraits/sketches; artist/subject wears a mustache.
2 Self Portraits
Jerome Myers
undated
A black and white print of a young woman with dark hair and bangs in plaid dress. She is carrying a young child in a coat and buttoned leg-coverings or boots.
Maltese Nursemaid
Thomas Handforth
1925
Bust length portrait of a woman, showing a ¾ view of her face and she looks directly at the viewer; hair falls to her shoulders, and she wears a turban and loose robes.
La Joye tranquille
Marie-Geneviève Bouliard
1801
A black and white portrait of a woman depicted from the shoulders up. She turns to face the camera over her right shoulder, placing her in three-quarters view. She has straight dark hair and a small teardrop tattoo under her right eye.
[Model with tear tattoo]
Len Prince
undated
Candy Spelling
Candy Spelling
Andy Warhol
1985
Sketch of a seated female nude with short hair and bangs/fringe and left leg crossed over right.
Seated Nude
Moses Soyer
c. 1950
A black and white portrait of a woman, depicted from the shoulders up. She turns to her left to face the camera, placing her in three-quarters view. She has voluminous blonde hair and precisely applied makeup.
Deborah Harry
Len Prince
undated
Portrait of a man dressed as Dracula with pale skin, vampire teeth, dark hair, a white shirt and white bowtie, and black cape with up-turned collar.
Dracula
Andy Warhol
1981
A print of a bare-chested figure in profile with voluminous hair and a small lyre atop her head. Her nose and lips nearly touch a red-centered rose she holds in her hand. On the same hand rests a grasshopper and her other hand is held palm up.
Erato
Eva Hašková
1982

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