Standing Alligator

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Standing Alligator

Entry/Object ID

1977.01

Type of Print

Lithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1977.01

Source or Donor

Sixty Square Inches Award

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Sixty Square Inches Purchase Award

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robin Kaneshiro

Role

Print Maker

Date made

1976

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Lithograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Planographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Exhibitions

Re-Run: A Visual History of Sixty-Square Inches (2025)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

This fanciful depiction of an alligator was purchased from the first 60 Square Inches exhibition of small prints, which continues to this day as a biennial competition for artists working in printmaking media. Robin Kaneshiro is currently a faculty member at the City College of San Fransisco. (2004)