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Tobias and the Angel
195820th century
18 1/4 in. x 21 in. (46.36 cm x 53.34 cm)
Leonard Baskin, American, (1922–2000)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
wood engraving on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, purchased with Print Rental Funds
Accession Number:
1998.031
One of 25 original prints given to Carleton College in 1958-59 by IGAS (International Graphic Arts Society) to form the core of a Print Rental Collection. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the rental collections at Carleton and thirty other colleges and universities were conceived as vehihcles by which students might cultivate appreciation for "real" art through temporary ownership. Proceeds from the rentals (approximately $3 per art work per year) were used to add to the collection annually.
Keywords
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20th Century,
21st Century,
American*,
Contemporary*,
engraving (printing process)*,
engravings (prints)*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (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.
- 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.
- engraving (printing process) - The intaglio process in which the design is incised into a printing plate, usually a flat copper plate, with the aid of a graver or burin that is held in the palm of the hand and pushed against the copper to cut lines comprising V-shaped grooves. The plate is then inked up, wiped so that ink is retained in the grooves and then forced out under the pressure of the printing process to create lines on the paper. The technique was first developed in the early 15th century in Germany, probably by goldsmiths who wished to keep records of the designs they had engraved on their wares. The process is distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a process for relief printing; "wood cut (process)" refers to engraving wood blocks for printing. Historically, "engraving" has sometimes been used incorrectly to refer to all printmaking processes, particulalry any process employing printing plates. For the single step of incising an inscription or design into any surface, not only a printing plate, see "engraving (incising)."
- engravings (prints) - Refers to prints on paper incorporating impressions of a reverse design created on a printing plate, usually copper, into which the design has been incised (engraved) using burins or gravers. Historically, "engravings" has sometimes been incorrectly used to refer to all prints, regardless of the specific technique. For prints made from designs engraved on a flat wooden block, use "wood cuts"; for prints made from a plate that is etched rather than engraved, use "etchings."
- 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."
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Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 18 1/4 in. x 21 in. (46.36 cm x 53.34 cm)
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