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Artist/Maker
Craig Zammiello
(American, born 1955)
Date2018
MediumPhotogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
DimensionsPlate: 19 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (50.3 × 40 cm)
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 19 13/16 in. (62.2 × 50.3 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Edward W. Root Class of 1905 Memorial Art Purchase Fund
Object number2019.7.4
Not on view
DescriptionArtist Craig Zammiello is not only a well-respected master printer, specializing in a diverse range of print techniques, but he is also an amateur entomologist. He recently donated his massive beetle collection to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This print, from a series of four, depicts the Macrodontia beetle at scale, along with maps and imagery referencing the beetle, its environment, and its life in nature.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2018: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of the Arts.
Markings
Blindstamp: [LeRoy Neiman Center blindstamp] at lower left corner.
Signature
Signed and dated "Zammiello 2018" at lower right margin in pencil.
Inscribed
"16/18" at lower left margin in pencil.
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2019.7.3
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2024.11.1
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2024.11.2
Kara Walker
Date: 2017
Medium: Etching with aquatint, sugar-lift, spit-bite, and drypoint
Object number: 2017.17a-c