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