1987 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Paul Benney (born 1959) is an American painter and printmaker. To produce this print at Hudson River Editions he worked with printer Sylvia Roth who devised a way of making three vertical cuts and treating the raised edges of the cuts so that they appeared to be gashes burned into the paper.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Etching and aquatint |
| Brief description | Print, Untitled, etching and aquatint, Paul Benney, 1987 |
| Physical description | Print, landscape with tall dark trees at the centre, and various figures. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 20/65 P. Benney 87 (Edition number; signature; date. All in pencil.) |
| 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 | Paul Benney (born 1959) is an American painter and printmaker. To produce this print at Hudson River Editions he worked with printer Sylvia Roth who devised a way of making three vertical cuts and treating the raised edges of the cuts so that they appeared to be gashes burned into the paper. |
| Other number | LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.493-2007 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.343-2012 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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