Blue Encounterings
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View on museum website →Medium
color spitbite etching, aquatint, and drypoint on Somerset Satin white 300 gm. paper
Dimensions
plate: 55.3 x 75.9 cm (21 3/4 x 29 7/8 in.) sheet: 75.1 x 92.4 cm (29 9/16 x 36 3/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Graphicstudio/University of South Florida and the Artist
Accession Number
1995.61.30
About the Artist
Robert Stackhouse
Robert Stackhouse, born in 1942 in Bronxville, New York, moved to Polk County, Florida, in 1954 to live with his grandparents at Lundy’s Fish Camp in Auburndale. There, he graduated from Auburndale High School in 1960 and immersed himself in the rhythms of Lake Juliana, rowing, fishing, and observing snakes, alligators, and water moccasins—experiences that profoundly shaped his imagery of "Swimmer...