Canvas Backs
Object NameDrypoint
Artist / Maker
Jay Norwood Darling
(American, 1876 - 1962)
Date1930
MediumDrypoint
Dimensions17 1/8" X 14" (437 X 346mm)
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 numberUM82.137
Status
Not on viewCultureAmerican
Label TextThis large print of canvasbacks is not very successful in its depiction of bird motion. The ducks are patterned and repetitious, as if they all are drawn from a single source and only slightly varied. The backs of the ducks are spot-wiped to produce highlights.
SignedJ.M. Darling "30 in pencil lower right
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
Object Name: Print
Jay Norwood Darling
1960
Object number: UM82.153
Object Name: Printing Plate
Jay Norwood Darling
Object number: UM2006.83
Object Name: Printing Plate
Jay Norwood Darling
Object number: UM2006.79
