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Catalog Number |
CAS 2017-0003-0001 | |
| Category | Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Etching (untitled) | |
| Culture | Navajo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | New Mexico | |
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| Maker's Name | R. C. Gorman (Rudolph Carl Gorman) (1931-2005) | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1977 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | ||
| Description | Untitled color etching on German copperplate Deluxe paper; Image depicts a woman sitting in partial profile, with feet folded in and legs bent to the side, hands clasped around her feet; Her face is turned to the left of the image, in full profile, while most of her torso is seen; A brown and beige striped textile covers her back and shoulders, over her red blouse; She wears a blue pendant earring in her left ear, and a long white ribbon ties back her grey hair in a knot at the nape of her neck; In the background and foreground are patches of various shades of grey, depicting the shadow she casts; The artist began this work in 1976, completing and marking it in 1977; Signed by the artist in lower left pencil ?R.C. Gorman 1977? and ?34/40? written in pencil lower right; Workshop chop: blind stamp on back lower left; ?34/40? on lower right, ?1977? lower left; From a limited edition of three states (1 bon ? tirer, 2 printer?s proofs, 40 regular edition, 5 artist?s proofs, 5 hand publisher?s impressions, 7 trial proofs); Published by Hand Graphics, Ltd. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 67.4, Thickness = 0.1, Length = 57.5 | |