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2004
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aquatint and drypoint from a portfolio of nine aquatints, six etchings with aquatint, six drypoints with aquatint, four drypoints, and one drypoint with etching, printed chine collé with tarlatan on wove Somerset paper
Dimensions
plate: 7.6 x 7.6 cm (3 x 3 in.) sheet: 31.9 x 31.8 cm (12 9/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2006.122.155.17
About the Artist
Richard Tuttle
Richard Tuttle, born on July 12, 1941, in Rahway, New Jersey, recognized his calling as an artist by kindergarten, inspired by his grandfather's drawings and early visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his mother. He studied art, philosophy, and literature at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, earning a BA in 1963, and spent a semester at Cooper Union. There, he met curator Sam Wags...