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Plank's Pool

1980
20th century
19 5/8 in. x 19 3/4 in. (49.85 cm x 50.17 cm)

William T. Wiley, American, b. 1937

Object Type: Prints

Creation Place: North America, United States

Medium and Support: Soft ground etching, with dry point and hand burnishing on paper

Credit Line: Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Marilyn Stokstad, class of 1955

Accession Number: 1997.235

A Professor of Art History at the University of Kansas, Marilyn Stokstad gave this print, produced at the Lawrence campus by this inventive California artist, to Carleton "on the hope and expectation that Carleton College will someday have a museum of art." Given in 1990 on the occasion of the 40th reunion.

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20th Century, 21st Century, American*, burnishing (polishing)*, Contemporary*, drypoint (printing process)*, drypoints (prints)*, etching (printing process)*, etchings (prints)*, paper (fiber product)*, prints (visual works)*, soft-ground etching (process)*, soft-ground etchings (visual works)*

20th Century
21st Century
American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
burnishing (polishing) - Making shiny or lustrous by rubbing with a tool that compacts or smooths.
Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
drypoint (printing process) - Intaglio process in which a sharp needle scratches the plate creating a burr that yields a characteristically soft and velvety line in the final print.
drypoints (prints) - Prints made using the drypoint process.
etching (printing process) - Intaglio process in which the design is worked into an acid-resistant substance coating the metal printing plate; the plate is then exposed to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed, to create lines and dark areas. For the single step of exposing the plate to acid, use "biting."
etchings (prints) - Prints made from an etched printing plate, which is a metal plate on which a design is made by coating the plate with an acid-resistant substance, creating a design in the coating, and then exposing the plate to acid, which etches the plate where the metal is exposed. For designs incised directly into a copper plate using a burin or graver, use "engravings (prints)."
paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
soft-ground etching (process) - Printing process in which the ground is mixed with a soft substance, such as tallow, allowing the rendering of textured lines and areas when the plate is etched. Sometimes, paper is placed over the grounded plate and drawn on, to pick up the ground.
soft-ground etchings (visual works) - Prints made using the process of soft-ground etching.

Dimensions

image Dimensions: 19 5/8 x 35 5/8 in. (498 x 905 mm)

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Plank's Pool