Pontchartrain
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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
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Pontchartrain
Date
1997
Medium
Sugar lift, spit bite aquatint, soft-ground etching and drypoint on paper
Classification
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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