| Maker(s): | Van Hoesen, Beth
| | Culture: | American (1926-2010)
| | Title: | Petunia (T.P. #6)
| | Date Made: | 1973
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Aquatint, drypoint; printer's inks on paper
| | Measurements: | Sheet: 11 1/16 in x 14 7/8 in; 28.1 cm x 37.8 cm; Plate/Image: 8 7/8 in x 11 3/8 in; 22.5 cm x 28.9 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (pencil): I put on pink first & wipe out petal/2 purple/3 red light/4 & then add red db; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (pencil): cod red light/mix; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (pencil): tube plain red/lines; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (pencil): overall pink ok [check mark]/lavender ok [check mark]; INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. r. (pencil): [an arrow points to the left] flax red/same purple; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (pencil): w whole area/up more [crossed out] no ink/not so/much/going down; INSCIRPTION: recto, lwr. r. (pencil and ink); TP #6 B
| | Accession Number: | MH 2012.16.25
| | Credit Line: | Gift of the E. Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen Adams Trust
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Color Proof with Artist's Notes to Printer; a pink, red, orange, and purple petunia situated in the foreground; artist's comments are placed around he outside of the printed plate, with pencil and blue crayon lines circling parts of the printed flower and leading back to the comments.
Tags:
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