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© Craig Zammiello and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of …
Macrodontia
© Craig Zammiello and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of the Arts. Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (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.

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 and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of …
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2019.7.3
© Craig Zammiello and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of …
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2024.11.1
© Craig Zammiello and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of …
Craig Zammiello
Date: 2018
Medium: Photogravure, direct gravure, spit-bite, screenprint, collage on digital chine collé
Object number: 2024.11.2
© Kara Walker. Image courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Kara Walker
Date: 2017
Medium: Etching with aquatint, sugar-lift, spit-bite, and drypoint
Object number: 2017.17a-c
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Jadeite
Object number: 1943.186
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. For educational purposes only.
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.1
© Jeffrey Gibson. Image courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. For educational purposes only.
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2019
Medium: Digital print, silkscreen, and collage, with gloss varnish, in custom-color frame
Object number: 2020.3.2
© Yashua Klos. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton,…
Yashua Klos
Date: 2018
Medium: Collage with woodblock prints and graphite on paper
Object number: 2019.1
Scarab
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Probably steatite, gold
Object number: 1943.29
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.179
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Object number: 1943.146.1
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: c. 600-570 BCE
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.189