Nestlings

Description

This print was developed by Vera Berdich during a summer spent teaching etching at Ox-Bow. Inspired by the surrounding natural environment in Michigan, as well as by her childhood memories of time spent in the wilds of Wisconsin, the artist used leaves to make impressions in the soft ground of the plate.

Nestlings

Vera Berdich

1954

Accession Number

102719

Medium

Color soft ground etching with aquatint, on white wove paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 24.7 × 17.2 cm (9 3/4 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 21.4 cm (12 11/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

Classification

etching

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Vera Berdich in memory of Harold Joachim