Melting Pot
c. 1939
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View on museum website →Medium
etching
Dimensions
image: 157 x 151 mm sheet: 222 x 202 mm
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Accession Number
2008.115.687.14
Art Historical Context
**Melting Pot** by Dorothy Porter Rutkac. 1939) is a delicate etching, measuring 157 x 151 mm on a sheet of 222 x 202 mm. Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Reba and Dave Williams Collection—a generous gift from noted collectors of American prints—this intimate work reflects the era's thriving printmaking scene. Etchings like this were prized for their precision: artists coated a metal plate with acid-resistant ground, scratched lines through it, and submerged it in acid to etch fine, expressive details, often in small editions for broader accessibility. The evocative title *Melting Pot*...