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State Capitol as an Aquarium
State Capitol as an Aquarium
State Capitol as an Aquarium

State Capitol as an Aquarium

Object NamePrint
Artist / Maker ((American, b. 1946))
Date1977-1978
MediumRelief Etching on paper
Dimensions18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrints and Printing Plates
Credit LineA gift from Iowa State University Class of 1967. In the permanent collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberUM82.250
Status
Not on view
Edition2/50
Label Text“Real and Imagined Aspects of the State Capitol” series represents some of Amy N. Worthen’ s best-known work. This suite of intaglio prints combines the State Capitol, a legendary Des Moines, Iowa landmark with fanciful characters and perspectives. This print is created to commemorate the unique and architecturally ornate 19th century government building. In the series, Worthen created seventeen prints depicting the interiors and exteriors of the Capitol often with imaginary as well as real, agricultural animals populating many of the interiors, and often times overseeing the administration of Iowa's government business.
Locations
  • (not entered)  Iowa State University, Brunnier Main Storage
The Rotunda
Object Name: Relief Etching
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.239
State Capitol of Iowa: Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage
Object Name: Engraving
Amy Namowitz Worthen
2019
Object number: UM2020.40
The Iowa State Capitol in a Wreath of Oak Leaves
Object Name: Engraving
Amy Namowitz Worthen
2019
Object number: UM2020.39
State Capitol
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.234
Stairway with Skeleton
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.241
The Supreme Court
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.246
Duck Print (a), Duck Stamp (b)
Object Name: Print (a), Duck Stamp (b)
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1983
Object number: UM83.218ab
Homage to an Unknown Draughtsman
Object Name: Drypoint
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.238
State Workers Eating Lunch
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.249
Stairway with Skeleton
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM86.564
Rearrangement #2
Object Name: Engraving
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM82.237
The Department of Agriculture
Object Name: Print
Amy Namowitz Worthen
1977-1978
Object number: UM86.566