25¢

This Ana Inciardi mini print captures a hand-drawn rendering of a Washington quarter, centered on a plain light gray background with the denomination "25¢" written in pen at the lower left and the artist's initials "ANA / NC" at the lower right. The coin is depicted in careful ink linework with light pencil shading, showing the obverse face of George Washington in left-facing profile, the word "LIBERTY" arcing across the top, "IN GOD WE TRUST" to the left of the portrait, and the date 1997 along the bottom edge. The composition is quiet and direct, the coin rendered slightly smaller than actual size, leaving generous white space around it.

The Washington quarter has been a standard denomination in American currency since 1932, with Washington's portrait designed by sculptor John Flanagan based on a 1785 bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon. Collectors are drawn to this print for its deadpan precision and the dry wit of treating pocket change as worthy of careful artistic attention. There is something genuinely compelling about the decision to document an ordinary coin with the same seriousness Inciardi brings to food, animals, and city scenes, and this print fits naturally among her broader object studies, sitting comfortably alongside her other everyday-subject prints.

The signature placement, handwritten denomination, and spare white background are consistent signatures of her mini print format. It pairs naturally with her other food prints and object-based works, where familiar things are observed with focused, unhurried attention.