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Artist/Maker
Craig Zammiello
(American, born 1955)
Date2018
MediumPhotogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
DimensionsSheet: 24 1/2 × 20 in. (62.2 × 50.8 cm)
Image: 20 × 15 3/4 in. (50.8 × 40 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2024.11.2
On view
DescriptionThis artwork embodies three aspects that are central to who Craig Zammiello is: the creative life of an artist; over forty years of experience as a highly respected master printer; and exceptional accomplishment as an amateur entomologist. Zammiello created the print displayed here, which is one of a series of four held in the Wellin’s collection, during an artist residency at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at the School of the Arts at Columbia University. During this residency, the artist’s exemplary insect collection—which is primarily focused upon Coleoptera, or beetles—was in the process
of being accessioned into the collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Zammiello created this series in response to an observation that he had never before produced artwork featuring entomological imagery, leading him to choose his four favorite beetles as subject matter. Each print comprises of a depiction of the creature at scale and elements related to its life, such as maps, descriptions, illustrations, flora, and even Victorian postcards.
Collections
Additional Details
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
Signature
Recto, lower right (pencil): "ZAMMIELLO 2018"
Inscribed
Recto, lower left (pencil): "18/18"
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: 2019.7.4
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2019.7.3
Kara Walker
Date: 2017
Medium: Etching with aquatint, sugar-lift, spit-bite, and drypoint
Object number: 2017.17a-c