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Checkmate

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

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

Date:

1961

Artist:

Vera Berdich
American, 1915-2003

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Vera Berdich

Title

Checkmate

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Printed 1961

Medium

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

Dimensions

Image/plate: 35.5 × 58.3 cm (14 × 23 in.); Sheet: 48.7 × 67 cm (19 3/16 × 26 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. C. Phillip Miller in honor of Mr. and Mrs. William McCormick Blair's 50th Anniversary

Reference Number

1962.132

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