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Visit
Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Only have an hour to spend?

We've got you covered.
Exhibitions & Events
Upcoming Exhibition:

Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World
Opens May 18
Art & Artists
Artle

A refreshed experience for our puzzle game
Today's puzzle

Al Held

American, 1928 - 2005

Displaying 13 - 24 of 40

Straits of Pohai [working proof 2]

Al Held, Renee Bott

1990

hard ground etching on Arches paper (WP 2 – black hard ground line, outline of every shape) [working proof 2] Accession ID 2024.132.345
Indigo

Al Held, Crown Point Press

1990

color aquatint with spitbite etching on Somerset Textured White paper Accession ID 1996.93.83
Straits of Pohai [working proof 6]

Al Held, Renee Bott

1990

hard ground etching on Arches paper (WP 6 – many new black hard ground lines, lots of pencil lines indicating additional hard ground lines, some printer’s notes in pencil) [working proof 6] Accession ID 2024.132.347
Magenta

Al Held, Crown Point Press

1990

aquatint and spitbite aquatint on Somerset White paper Accession ID 1996.93.82
Straits of Pohai

Al Held

1990

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper Accession ID 1991.235.14
Straits of Pohai [working proof 8]

Al Held, Renee Bott

1990

hard ground etching on Arches paper (WP 8 – black hard ground, cross hatched background, lots of new hard ground lines and pencil lines indicating additional hard ground lines) [working proof 8] Accession ID 2024.132.348
Straits of Pohai [working proof 4]

Al Held

1990

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper [working proof] Accession ID 1991.235.15
Straits of Pohai [working proof 3]

Renee Bott, Al Held

1990

hard ground etching on Arches paper (WP 3 – black hard ground line and aquatint back ground with beginning of cross hatching) [working proof 3] Accession ID 2024.132.346
Pachinko [working proof 8]

Al Held

1989

color woodcut on Echizen Kozo paper [working proof] Accession ID 1991.235.12
Pachinko [working proof 7]

Al Held

1989

color woodcut on Echizen Kozo paper [working proof] Accession ID 1991.235.11
Pachinko [working proof 9]

Al Held

1989

color woodcut on Echizen Kozo paper [working proof] Accession ID 1991.235.13
Straits of Malacca II

Al Held, Crown Point Press

1989

hardground etching in black on Arches Watercolor paper Accession ID 1996.93.77