Mallards Coming In

Object NameEtching

Artist / Maker Jay Norwood Darling (American, 1876 - 1962)

Date1946

MediumEtching on paper

Dimensions7 7/8" x 9 3/8" (20.0 x 23.6cm)

ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates

Credit LineGift of the J. N. "Ding" Darling Foundation. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Object numberUM82.157

Status

Not on view

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Label TextThese landing ducks are familiar from other Darling etchings. "Mr. and Mrs. Mallard" and the "Duck Stamp Design" etchings provide the types for the mallards in this image. This particular impression is printed in brown ink, which has been selectively wiped in the water areas, which are very tonal. Another impression is printed in red-brown ink on Umbria paper, a cream-colored, hand-made paper. The later 1940s seems to be the time that Darling, Meaney, and Colflesh did the greatest amount of experimenting with inking and printing on fine papers. The copper plate is extant.

SignedJ.N. Darling '46 in pencil, lower right

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