Drilling in a Breast

1936

Dating: Exact year
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: lithograph in black
Dimensions: image: 38.4 × 54.3 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.) sheet: 46.5 × 61 cm (18 5/16 × 24 in.)
Collection no.: 2008.115.4625
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Drilling in a Breast — Harry Sternberg. 1936.

Medium: lithograph in black.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 38.4 × 54.3 cm (15 1/8 × 21 3/8 in.) sheet: 46.5 × 61 cm (18 5/16 × 24 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2008.115.4625. Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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