# Head of an Old Man

**Kerr Eby** (born Tokyo, Japan 1889-died Norwalk, CT 1946)  
ca. 1918  
etching on paper  
plate: 6 x 3 15/16 in. (15.2 x 10.0 cm.); sheet...

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1977.66.38. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=7783).

## About this work

Kerr Eby made this in about 1918, aged 29. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.

### [Kerr Eby](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/kerr-eby)

born Tokyo, Japan 1889-died Norwalk, CT 1946

## Facts

- Type: Graphic Arts-Print
- The artist was 29
- Real size: about 6 × 4 in (15 × 10 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Older people, Clothing and dress, Dress accessories, Figure male, Hats
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1952.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1952/1920.jpg
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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

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