Plate, Lithograph
Artifact
2015.1.106
Rectangular zinc lithographic plate nailed to the wood block. Front: the image etched into the plate is the op half of an older man wearing a suit. His suit jacket along with parts of his face and hair are tinted yellow. He is wearing glasses and a bow tie. There are nails along each edge of the zinc plate which attach it to the base wood block. Sides: there is a label along the top with the previous temporary number written on it. Back: the previous temporary number is written in the middle on the left in black marker.
Wood (basswood or pine) and a zinc plate
Length: 18.1 cm;
Width: 14.2 cm;
Height: 2 cm;
Notes: Height measures the thickness, width from side to side, and length measures from top to bottom.
Notes: Height measures the thickness, width from side to side, and length measures from top to bottom.
Gift of the Derksen Family