Ahmet's Wife

LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002) Ahmet's Wife signed 'Rivers' (lower right); signed again, dated, titled and inscribed 'July "Ahmets Wife" Rivers '73 Commissioned by The Earl McGrath to celebrate Ahmet's 50th birthday' (on the reverse) aquatint, vellum, paper collage, graphite and colored pencil on paper image: 17 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (45.1 x 60.3 cm.) sheet: 22 ¼ x 29 5⁄8 in. (56.5 x 75.3 cm.) Executed in 1973