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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: 2024.11.2
© 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
Photograph by John Bentham.
Date: early 19th century
Medium: Gouache and gold over white ground on paper
Object number: 1986.26
© Beverly Pepper.
Beverly Pepper
Date: c. 1980
Medium: Weathering (Cor-Ten) steel
Object number: 2017.6
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: before 300 B.C.E.
Medium: Jadeite
Object number: 1943.186
© Nicola López and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of the…
Nicola López
Date: 2018
Medium: Sugarlift with inket print, chine colle, and laser-engraving
Object number: 2019.7.2
© Nicola López and the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University School of the…
Nicola López
Date: 2018
Medium: Sugarlift with inket print, chine colle, and laser-engraving
Object number: 2019.7.1
Photograph by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Greek (Ancient)
Date: c. 750-600 B.C.E.
Medium: Terracotta with slip
Object number: 2015.6.2
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: c. 600-570 B.C.E.
Medium: Probably steatite, gold
Object number: 1943.29
© Wendy Red Star. Image courtesy of of Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts. For educational pur…
Wendy Red Star
Date: 2021
Medium: Six-color lithograph on Somerset Satin white, with archival pigment printed chine collé on mulberry paper
Object number: 2021.8.2
Ophelia
Anna Lea Merritt
Date: 1880
Medium: Etching on chine-collé
Object number: 1990.31