Double 'O'
1953
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View on museum website →Medium
softground etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.8 x 25.1 cm (7 13/16 x 9 7/8 in.) sheet: 33.1 x 36.8 cm (13 1/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Richard Florsheim Art Fund
Accession Number
2001.43.13
Art Historical Context
**Double 'O', 1953** Emerson Woelffer's *Double 'O* is a striking softground etching in black ink on wove paper, created in 1953 during a vibrant era of American abstract art. Woelffer, a prominent mid-20th-century artist known for his bold abstractions, captures dynamic forms through this intimate print, measuring just under 8 by 10 inches on the plate. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's print collection thanks to the generous Gift of the Richard Florsheim Art Fund, it exemplifies the post-World War II exploration of gesture and form in American printmaking. Softground etching, Woelff...
About the Artist
Emerson Woelffer
Emerson Woelffer (1914–2003) was an American abstract painter whose long career placed him at the intersection of Abstract Expressionism and a more lyrical, Mediterranean-inflected modernism. Born in Chicago, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he later taught, and subsequently received a fellowship from the Institute of Design — the Chicago Bauhaus — where contact with...