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MARK ALAN LEITHAUSER AMERICAN, WASHINGTON D.C., 1950- IN THE NORTH GREENHOUSE, 1983 Etching Lower left titled: "In the North Greenhouse"; lower center numbered: 37/90; lower right signed and dated: "Leithauser n.p. 1983" Catalogue note: Mark Leithauser is a Washington, D.C. based artist and former Chief of Design for the National Gallery of Art (1974-2020). His artwork consists mostly of drawings and etchings, as well as oil paintings later in his career. Leithauser's pieces can be found in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art. Leithauser's work can also be found in gallery exhibitions demonstrating his skills in line, texture, shading and color. John Wilmerding writes about Leithauser in a catalog from the Coe Kerr Gallery's exhibition "Mark Leithauser: Paintings, Drawings, Prints (1988-1992) in New York City (November 17 - December 19, 1992) saying that "few in the history of art match him in so controlling the coordination of hand and eye, of thought and execution in his magical silverpoint drawings, where, once begun, no alterations or corrections are possible."