Plate, Lithograph
Artefact
2015.1.12a
*Picture Block* Wood Block with an attached zinc design plate. All measurements are at the widest, thickest, and longest points. There is a stair like cutout in the bottom left corner, beginning 7cm down from the top left corner. The cutout goes right 2.1cm, then down for 12.2cm, then right 5.7cm, then down 3.4cm, then right 3.1cm and then down 7cm to the bottom edge. Front: Zinc plate has a blue tinge, and features a man on a rearing or bucking horse with his left hand holding his hat above his head. Sides: Plain wood with some residual staining near the front edges. Back: Several cuts around where parts of the block were removed. Attached piece of wood 8.6cm wide by 16.4cm long. Two hooks have been attached to the top of this piece, and "cowboy" has been written in the bottom center of the attached block.
Wood (basswood or pine) and zinc
Longueur: 30.1 cm;
Largeur: 15.3 cm;
Hauteur: 4.2 cm;
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block, width measures horizontally across the block, and length measures vertically across the block. All measurments are at the widest, longest and thickest points.
Notes: Height refers to the thickness of the block, width measures horizontally across the block, and length measures vertically across the block. All measurments are at the widest, longest and thickest points.
"Cowboy" has been written in pencil on the back. "IPEN 983" is engraved in the top edge.
Gift of the Derksen Family