Zinc Etching Plates and Samples for Pre Rome

Original Title

title unknown

Devised Title

Zinc Etching Plates and Samples for Pre Rome

Date

1990

Creator

Bert Long, Jr. See all items with this value

Description

This piece features a set of three etching plates and samples. Together, these three plates form the design for Long’s 1990 print Pre Rome. This piece was created during Long’s Prix de Rome fellowship. Long rose to prominence as an “outsider artist” without formal training, later becoming one of the co-founders of Project Row Houses.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Art See all items with this value

Landscapes See all items with this value

Additional Subject

Black art

Nature

Unfinished works of art

Wildlife

Type

Print

Medium

ink on paper

zinc etching plates

Additional Techniques

etching

Measurements

22 1/4 in x 51 5/8 in

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

pc50

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.TSU.0155

Rights

All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Texas Southern University

References

"BERT LONG JR. (American/Texas 1940-2013) A PRINT AND FRAME, "Pre Rome," ARTIST PROOF, 1990." Simpson Galleries. https://www.simpsongalleries.com/auction-lot/bert-long-jr.-american-texas-1940-2013-a-print_B9749A5AB0.

"History." Project Row Houses. https://projectrowhouses.org/about/history/.