| Maker(s): | Wiley, William T. | | Culture: | American (1937- 2021)
| | Title: | Pilgrim Repair
| | Date Made: | 1989
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Soft ground etching with collage
| | Measurements: | Sheet/Image: 21 1/16 in x 18 1/8 in; 53.5 cm x 46 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | Printer: recto, lwr. r. (blind stamp): TEABERRY PRESS [around bowler hat of stylized head in profile] ; Signature/date: recto, lwr. r. (graphite): WILEY 1989 ; Inscription: recto, lwr. r. (graphite): 13/50 ; recto, upp. l. (etched): WELL PILGRIM$, @#! ETC? / IS / THAT / JUST / US; recto, upp. l. (etched): TESTING / THE POINTS / FIRST / OFF ; recto, lwr. (etched): WELL A [illegible] COLOR WOULD BE NICE!! NOT TOO MUCH OF COUR / I READ THAT PLYMOUTH ROCK IS CRACKING UP AGAIN.. NEVER PLEASED / WITH THE FIRST REPAIR.. SOON A 2ND WILL BEGIN.. SO.. BOLT THE OLD BOY / TOGETHER.. SO WE CAN REMEMBER WHERE WE GOT "OFF".. NOTKNOWING / WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.. I IMAGINE LIKE THE 2ND REPAIR THIS IS THE 2ND / I'VE TRIED. WHEN I ADDED A BOLT (TO THE FIRST ONE I TRIED) PLY- / MOUTH ROCK BECAME PLYMOUTH RAT.. SHALL ONE RICK THAT AGAIN ; recto, lwr. (etched, backwards right to left): THEM BIG OLD SHOES.. THEM BIG OL BLACK HATS.. THINKIN ITS THEIRS.. SEEMS A LIL BACKWARDS ; recto, ctr. (printed): 18 / EL VIOLONCELLO
| | Accession Number: | MH 1991.7.8
| | Credit Line: | Gift of anonymous donor
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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