The Jolly Corner I:2
1971
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View on museum website →Medium
resist-ground etching and engraving in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 37.6 x 25.2 cm (14 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.) sheet: 48.2 x 38.1 cm (19 x 15 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner
Accession Number
1991.116.233
Art Historical Context
**The Jolly Corner I:2** is a captivating print by American artist Peter Milton, created in 1971. This work belongs to a portfolio classification, suggesting it forms part of a thematic series housed in the National Gallery of Art's CG-W Department. Generously gifted by Mrs. Robert A. Hauslohner, it mid-20th-century innovation in printmaking, with plate dimensions of 37.6 x 25.2 cm and a larger sheet size of 48.2 x 38.1 cm, inviting intimate viewer engagement. Milton employs the sophisticated resist-ground etching and engraving technique in black ink on wove paper—a meticulous process where a...
About the Artist
Peter Milton
Peter Winslow Milton, born on April 2, 1930, in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, moved with his family to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1938. He attended the Darrow School, followed by two years at the Virginia Military Institute, before pursuing formal art training at Yale University School of Art and Architecture, where he studied under Josef Albers and earned his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1961. Initial...