Art, literature & historyStranger in the Gates
1953
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- five-color woodcut on Asian paper
- Dimensions
- image: 42.6 x 53.7 cm (16 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.) sheet: 51.9 x 60.9 cm (20 7/16 x 24 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1999.82.41
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Stranger in the Gates — Jacob Kainen. 1953.
Medium: five-color woodcut on Asian paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 42.6 x 53.7 cm (16 3/4 x 21 1/8 in.) sheet: 51.9 x 60.9 cm (20 7/16 x 24 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1999.82.41. Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen in honor of the artist's 90th birthday.
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.