Year:

Medium:

Printmaking Etching

Size - (USA):

12 W x 15 H x 1 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

30.5 W x 38.1 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Zeitgeist

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

607098

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:   This First Edition Etching was originally entitled, My Fathers Country and Yacht Club, 1929, in the Italian U. S. Ghetto of Camden, New Jersey. Oil based French inks, a mix of three colors, was printed on on RivesBFK white paper, also French. Studio techinques included intaglio, aquatint, and dry point. The wiping techniques give the work a decidedly painterly feel. This work was printed and published by the artist at The Center for Works on Paper, which is on the Philadelphia campus of The Fleisher Art Memorial. Six separate baths in Nitric acid were required. The overall image size, or zinc plate size, is about ten-inches high by eight-inches wide. KEYWORDS Industrial, Ghetto, Poverty, Urban. THIS WORK OF FINE ART IS SHIPPED TO THE COLLECTOR WITHOUT A FRAME OR MAT. THE SHIPMENT MATERIALS ARE HEAVY WEIGHT AND PROFESSIONAL. THE ETCHING IS FIRST WRAPPED IN ARCHIVAL GLASSINE AND THEN PLACED BETWEEN TWO ACID FREE BOARDS. THIS IS THEN PLACED IN A PROFESSIONAL CARDBOARD SHIPMENT BOX, WHICH IS PACKED WITH BUBBLE WRAP. THE SHIPMENT PRICE IS ADDED TO THE SALE PRICE.