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The Farmer’s Almanac

Christopher Brown

Artwork Details

The Farmer’s Almanac
1994
Christopher Brown
spit-bite and soap-ground aquatints with soft-ground etching on paper
39 x 38 x 1 1/2 in. (99.06 x 96.52 x 3.81 cm)
Gift of Carol Wilke in honor of Manuel and Joan Jacobs
2015/2.57

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Description

Subject Matter:

Brown is an important painter and printmaker in California and was teaching at UC-Berkely when he created this print. Like many neo-expressionist artists, he uses his own memories and history in order to create meaningful images. In this print, he combines anatomically accurate studies of birds with ripe plums together as a kind of memory collage. 

Physical Description:

This print shows a series of birds and plums scattered on the page. Two birds are framed within mint-green squares, and another is circled out with just the paper behind it. The rest of the birds and plums have a rust gold background that takes up most of the page. The print is numbered (l.l.) "17/50" and signed and dated (l.r.) "Christpher Brown 94" in pencil.

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