Winter Tracery--New Milford Green

MakerMade by Philip Kappel (American, 1901 - 1981)

Datebefore 1950

MediumEtching on laid paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 1/16 x 12in. (23 x 30.5cm) Plate (height x width): 9 1/8 x 12 1/8in. (23.2 x 30.8cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 1/8 x 15 15/16in. (33.3 x 40.5cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

Object number2002.119.1

DescriptionFrame houses and leafless trees line the right side of a snow-covered street. Houses have louvered shutters and porches. One house has a flag pole above the door. A fire hydrant and a road sign are beside the road. An automobile is in the left background. A child, apparently wearing a snowsuit and a knit cap, is on a sled in the foreground. The trees cast shadows on the snow.

NotesDate Note: This print received an award at an exhibition of the Meriden Arts and Crafts Association in 1950, so it must have been executed prior to that date. (Finlay 2/24/2005)

Technique Note: The plate was not wiped clean before printing, leaving a film of ink on the sky, which prints gray, suggesting that the sun has set and it is beginning to grow dark. (Finlay 10/31/2002)

Status

Not on view