Joseph K., a portrait

Name/Title

Joseph K., a portrait

Entry/Object ID

2025.5.6

Description

An etching, softground, and aquatint print featuring a collage-like assemblage of images. The smaller images feature building, a cityscape, trees, and a boy standing in front of an animal, all on top of a background that appears to be a building.

Type of Print

Etching, Aquatint

Collection

Art Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Acquisition

Accession

2025.5

Source or Donor

Kristin Lindseth

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Artist

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Kristin Lindseth

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1998

Time Period

20th Century

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Signature

Location

Below print image

Transcription

2/10 Joseph K., a portrait Kristin Lindseth-Rivera

Language

English

Material/Technique

Pencil

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Etching

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Intaglio

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

22-3/8 in

Length

29-5/8 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

General Notes

Note Type

Artist’s Intent Note

Note

Franz Kafka lived and worked in Prague, Czech Republic. However when I spent ten days there in 1985 during the Soviet occupation, there was no evidence of his life there despite his enormous fame worldwide. All of the Czech authors that I had read were banned in the country at the time and the conversations I had hoped to have were not possible. I am so thankful for our freedoms.