Year:

Medium:

Printmaking Etching

Size - (USA):

12 W x 15 H x 1 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

30.5 W x 38.1 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Poverty

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

607246

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:   THIRD Edition Etching. Oil based French inks,printed on STONEHENGE cream colored paper. Studio techniques included intaglio, aquatint, and dry point. The wiping technique gives the work a decidedly painterly feel. Six separate baths in Nitric acid were required. The overall image size, or zinc plate size, is about ten-inches high by eight-inches wide. KEYWORDS Industrial, Ghetto, Poverty, Urban. THIS WORK OF FINE ART IS SHIPPED TO THE COLLECTOR WITHOUT A FRAME OR MAT. THE SHIPMENT MATERIALS ARE HEAVY WEIGHT AND PROFESSIONAL. THE ETCHING IS FIRST WRAPPED IN ARCHIVAL GLASSINE AND THEN PLACED BETWEEN TWO ACID FREE BOARDS. THIS IS THEN PLACED IN A PROFESSIONAL CARDBOARD SHIPMENT BOX, WHICH IS PACKED WITH BUBBLE WRAP. THE SHIPMENT PRICE IS ADDED TO THE SALE PRICE. It was inspired by a black and white photograph from the US Archives.