Witness
Print
1992 (made)
1992 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
For this print showing a woman leaning out of a window at night, Jane Dickson (born 1953) has chosen to screenprint onto a coarse sandpaper-like sheet of black Emory cloth in order to achieve the dense dark background and dry scumbly effects she often favours in her painting.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Witness (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on emory cloth |
| Brief description | Print, Witness, screenprint/emory cloth, Jane Dickson, 1992 |
| Physical description | Screenprint on emory cloth. |
| Dimensions |
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| Copy number | 8/75 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 8/75 J. Dickson (Edition number; signature.) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Mindy and Ramon Tüblitz |
| Object history | The Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios was established at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum in 1982 as a repository for prints and supplementary materials relating to an outstanding group of contemporary American printmaking workshops. They commissioned and in some cases published the prints. This print is one of a group purchased over a period of years by Mr and Mrs Ramon Tüblitz, and subsequently donated to the V&A through the American Friends of the V&A. Mr Tüblitz is a Trustee of the Zimmerli Art Museum. |
| Summary | For this print showing a woman leaning out of a window at night, Jane Dickson (born 1953) has chosen to screenprint onto a coarse sandpaper-like sheet of black Emory cloth in order to achieve the dense dark background and dry scumbly effects she often favours in her painting. |
| Other number | LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.499-2007 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.349-2012 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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