Print

Object NamePrint

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

Datec. 1930

MediumEtching (restrike) on paper

Dimensions11 15/16 x 15 3/4" (305 x 403mm)

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 numberUM84.170

Status

Not on view

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Label TextThis etching is closely related to the previous works but is less successful, perhaps because it is more finished. It is more a visual catalogue of the positions of a bluebill landing than an impression of a captured moment of flight. The drawing of the zig-zagging tree in the center of this composition is similar to the tree at the bottom of BUD MAYTAG'S PETS, (cat. #18), dated 1930. The flowing strokes representing the surface of the water are a new attempt to solve that pictorial problem. No contemporary impression of the print is known. The zinc plate (plate inventory #37) was printed in one restrike impression in 1983 for documentation. (per Amy Worthen)

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