Copper Etching Plate for Lips and Bars of Post Rome

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Original Title: title unknown
Devised Title: Copper Etching Plate for Lips and Bars of Post Rome
Date: 1990
Creator: Bert Long, Jr. See all items with this value
Description: This is a zinc etching plate for one layer of Long’s Post Rome, lips with diagonal rays around them. In the full print, the center of the design is a large, oval-shaped eye. This is a frequently used motif in Long’s artwork, across many different mediums. Vertical and diagonal rays and bars draw attention towards the eye, which features a man’s face where the pupil would be. Long’s print was created during his 1990 Prix de Rome fellowship.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value; Urban life See all items with this value; Landscapes See all items with this value
Additional Subject: Black art; Unfinished works of art
Type: Print
Medium: copper etching plate
Additional Techniques: etching
Measurements: 15 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc191
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0165
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: Long, Jr., Bert. L. "Post Rome, 1990." Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/artwork/bert-l-long-jr-post-rome..

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections