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Creation

1979

Joyce Wellman

(American, 1949-)
Culture
America
Medium
color open bite etching with simultaneous color printing
Measurements
Image: 50.2 x 39.7 cm (19 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.); Sheet: 61.3 x 50.2 cm (24 1/8 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2024.87
Copyright
© Joyce Wellman
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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This print is a trial proof, a unique impression printed by the artist and master printer during the process of establishing the color scheme for the image.

Description

Contemporary printmaker Joyce Wellman experimented with color printing alongside master printer Robert Blackburn, creating abstract images such as the one seen here. Wellman saw such compositions as able “to encourage broad, diverse audiences to explore, conjecture, wonder, recall memories, and experience ways that visual imagery can connect us to our . . . selves.” She began to explore the graphic arts after studying the medium with Valerie Maynard, an important sculptor within the Black Arts Movement at the Studio Museum in Harlem during the 1960s.
A vertically oriented color open bite etching in muted yellows, pinks, and greens depicts a fluid, abstract composition. A large, jagged form in ochre and green occupies the left. Wavy blue and green lines trace organic forms around a pale center. In the lower right corner, a small striped figure sits within a bright green, fluid shape. Horizontal stripes and a mottled texture fill various segments of the fractured shapes.

Creation

1979

Joyce Wellman

(American, 1949-)
America

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