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Label TextFor Nicholas Marsicano, the human figure is a point of departure for a significant relation of dynamic abstract shape to the plane areas of a composition. HIs form is broad in conception, monumental in scale, and carries a great sense of human vitality.  Source: Bulletin.September 1964.
Exhibition History"Man in the City," Ottumwa Heights College, Ottumwa, Iowa, March 30-April 7, 1968
Published ReferencesDMAC BULLETIN, "New Acqusitions," September 1964, p. 1, repro.
DimensionsSheet: 18 3/4 × 24 in. (47.6 × 61 cm)
Accession Number 1964.66
Classificationswork on paper
InscriptionsMarsicano (L/R)
Reclining Figure
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nicholas de Son
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nicholas de Son
date unknown
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Nicholas Beatrizet
after Francesco Salviati
1543
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Moore
1951 (date also given as 1966)
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Henry Moore
1958
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Willem de Kooning
1969-1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
George Bellows
1924
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
William Bailey
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Domenico Cantatore
ca. 1950