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No title (lithographic stone and shipping crate addressed to L. Barrett)
No title (lithographic stone and shipping crate addressed to L. Barrett)
No title (lithographic stone and shipping crate addressed to L. Barrett)

No title (lithographic stone and shipping crate addressed to L. Barrett)

Artist (American, 1874 - 1952)
Manufacturer
Daten.d.
Mediumlimestone and wood
DimensionsLithograph Stone: 10 x 13 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (25.4 x 35.4 x 6.4 cm)
Shipping Crate (Closed): 11 3/4 x 15 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (29.8 x 40.3 x 10.8 cm)
Shipping Crate (Open): 23 5/8 x 15 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (60 x 40 x 5.4 cm)
ClassificationsPrinting and Print-Making Equipment
Credit LineGift of Bernard Ewell, 2011
Object number2011.13.1ab
Descriptionlithographic stone with shipping crate
Text Entries

Oscar Berninghaus was an important member of the Taos Society of Artists and was also well known for his lithographic prints. Berninghaus would draw an image carefully wrap it for protection, and send it by carrier to his printer Lawrence Barrett in Colorado Springs. Barrett was a well-experienced artist lithographer during a time when interest in hand drawn and hand printed lithographs was declining.

 

When Barrett proofed the image, he would send the printed trial image back to Berninghaus for approval. If it needed corrections, Barrett would open the stone for further drawing and then send it back to Berninghaus in Taos and the drawing process would continue. When the edition of the print was complete, then Barrett would grain the stone, prepare it for the next print and send it back to Berninghaus.

Oscar Berninghaus’ lithographic stone and shipping crate addressed to Lawrence Barrett in Colorado Springs, Co. The outfit allows modern people to understand how early twentieth century printmakers carried their litho stones to the field, and then could send the printing matrix to a printer in another location.
The shipping crate is affixed with two metal locking clasps on the front. Part of these clasps were no longer attached at the time of the MOA's possession. The bottom portion of the clasp from the left side and the upper portion of the clasp from the right side are now in the Accession file.
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