Bob Whites

Object NamePrint

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

Date1954

MediumDrypoint on acetate

Dimensions10 x 8 1/16 in. (25.4 x 20.5 cm)

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 numberUM82.139

Status

Not on view

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Label TextDarling must have been eager to make a successful print of this image, for he had failed to make it work as a photo etching. This print was made by tracing a proof from the plate of a previous work or the original drawing, onto a transparent acetate plate. The resulting impression is therefore in reverse. Acetate drypoints have as an advantage the ease of transferring an image to the plate, but the burr of an acetate drypoint wears down quickly, and the plate does not produce any strong impressions. This impression is a strong, black one, printed on white, laid paper. Other impressions are known on Japanese papers.

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