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The Pool of Tears

A work made of color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper.

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  • A work made of color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper.

Date:

1962

Artist:

Vera Berdich
American, 1915-2003

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Vera Berdich

Title

The Pool of Tears

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1962

Medium

Color photo-etching with aquatint, mezzotint, roulette, drypoint, scraping and burnishing, on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 30.4 × 47.8 cm (12 × 18 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.6 × 57.8 cm (16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Vera Berdich

Reference Number

2010.794

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