Pontchartrain

Robert Colescott

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Caption

Robert Colescott American, 1925–2009. Pontchartrain, 1997. Sugar lift, spit bite aquatint, soft-ground etching and drypoint on paper, overall sheet: 46 1/4 x 117 in. (117.5 x 297.2 cm) overall image: 41 x 117 in. (104.2 x 297.2 cm) sheet a: 46 5/16 x 29 1/4 in. (118.8 x 74.2 cm) image a: 41 3/8 x 29 1/4 in. (105.2 x 74.2 cm) sheet b: 46 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (117.5 x 74.2 cm) image b: 41 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (104.8 x 74.2 cm) sheet c: 46 5/16 x 29 1/4 in. (118.8 x 74.2 cm) image c:. Brooklyn Museum, Emily Winthrop Miles Fund, 1998.55a-d. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.1998.55a-b.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Pontchartrain

Date

1997

Medium

Sugar lift, spit bite aquatint, soft-ground etching and drypoint on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

overall sheet: 46 1/4 x 117 in. (117.5 x 297.2 cm) overall image: 41 x 117 in. (104.2 x 297.2 cm) sheet a: 46 5/16 x 29 1/4 in. (118.8 x 74.2 cm) image a: 41 3/8 x 29 1/4 in. (105.2 x 74.2 cm) sheet b: 46 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (117.5 x 74.2 cm) image b: 41 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (104.8 x 74.2 cm) sheet c: 46 5/16 x 29 1/4 in. (118.8 x 74.2 cm) image c:

Signatures

In graphite lower right recto of first and last panels

Markings

Publisher's chop mark lower right last panel Printer's chop left of publisher's chop last panel

Credit Line

Emily Winthrop Miles Fund

Accession Number

1998.55a-d

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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