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Salvatory Solution

A work made of etching and aquatint, with drypoint, from five plates in black on cream wove paper.
© Art Green

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  • A work made of etching and aquatint, with drypoint, from five plates in black on cream wove paper.

Date:

1964

Artist:

Art Green
American, born 1941

About this artwork

With Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca, and Karl Wirsum, Art Green was an exhibiting member of the Hairy Who. He made very few etchings while studying with Vera Berdich, but those that he did create are memorable and complex compositions that show his early sophistication in multiple-plate printing.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Art Green

Title

Salvatory Solution

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1964

Medium

Etching and aquatint, with drypoint, from five plates in black on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plates: 41.7 × 33.6 cm (16 7/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 46.5 × 38.7 cm (18 5/16 × 15 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Vera Berdich

Reference Number

2010.806

Copyright

© Art Green

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