Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2014.21.008
Accession#:
2014.21
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Print
Title:
Ruby Crowned Kinglet Print
Artist — Creator:
Dale DeArmond
Artist — Creator Role:
Artist
Date:
05/07/1995
Year Range from:
1995
Year Range to:
1995
Description:
Wood engraving print of a Ruby Crowned Kinglet from the Birds of Glacier Bay series. Print is on off—white paper. Print itself is rectangular. The block print is black ink and has hand colored with yellow, white, brown, red and green details with colored pencils. Print is a ruby crowned kinglet bird standing on a branch. There are two leaves on the branch upon which the bird is perched. Two smaller branches and three leaves are above the bird. The leaves are colored green. The bird and branches are within a yellow oval. Each of the corners of the print have a yellow leaf illustration. The bird has a white stomach, brown body and a read head. The bird's head is facing to the proper right. Underneath the print is handwritten pencil text reading: "Ruby Crowned Kinglet 1/25 D.DeArmond — imp c 95". The "c" is enclosed in a circle as the symbol for copyright.
Frame is red wood with a tan mat. The back has a blue paper dust cover, clear bottom bummers and a hanging wire. A silver sticker is along the lower edge at center and reads "rie munoz" and has an stylized illustration of a person holding a fishing pole and fish. The Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the dust cover. It is a piece of white paper with black ink. It lists the artist name, tittle, medium, block size, paper, record of printing, when and where the print was pulled and comments. It also has the artist's signature at the bottom.
Frame is red wood with a tan mat. The back has a blue paper dust cover, clear bottom bummers and a hanging wire. A silver sticker is along the lower edge at center and reads "rie munoz" and has an stylized illustration of a person holding a fishing pole and fish. The Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the dust cover. It is a piece of white paper with black ink. It lists the artist name, tittle, medium, block size, paper, record of printing, when and where the print was pulled and comments. It also has the artist's signature at the bottom.
Notes:
Hand Pulled by Artist at Sitka, Alaska on May 5—7, 1995. From the series Birds of Glacier Bay. A very small bird, inconspicuous except for the brilliant, though not often visible, patch on the crown. May be seen in Glacier Bay in spring and summer.
Print is 1/25 of a 25 artist's edition series. Two artist's proofs were also made.
Print is 1/25 of a 25 artist's edition series. Two artist's proofs were also made.
People:
DeArmond, Dale
Search Terms:
Print
Woodcut
Bird
Animal
Glacier Bay
Natural History
Woodcut
Bird
Animal
Glacier Bay
Natural History
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