Butterfly Suite: VII

Name/Title

Butterfly Suite: VII

Entry/Object ID

1982.13.2

Description

Color etching and aquatint on medium-heavy weight white textured paper with watermark in the lower right corner. Image is abstract consisting of two horizontal rectangles centered in the sheet with alternating bands of medium and light blue angled to the right, and parallel dark blue narrow lines over these bands of color. Where the two rectangles join are two more rectangles that seem to project forward, these are very light blue, and they have vertical parallel light blue lines, and they form a "V". The print is numbered, signed, and dated in the lower-left corner, "13/40 R Smith (19) 72." The sheet is deckled along the bottom and right edge, the top and left edges are torn.

Collection

Ackerman Foundation

Acquisition

Accession

1982.13

Source or Donor

Mrs. Barbara T. Herpin

Acquisition Method

Gift

Notes

Gift of Mrs. Barbara T. Herpin (through the Martin S. Ackerman Foundation)

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Richard Smith

Role

Artist

Date made

1972

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Paper

Height

25-1/4 in

Width

36-1/2 in

Color

Blue, White