Photo of collection object Ripple Chip from 20" x 15" — Mellyn, Sean. Ripple Chip from 20" x 15", 1997. Aquatint, photoetching, and woodcut from a portfolio of five aquatints (one with embossing, one with photogravure, one with etching, one with photoetching and woodcut, and one with screenprint and collage additions), plate: 17 11/16 × 12 1/2" (45 × 31.7 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 13/16" (51.2 × 37.6 cm). Gift of Maureen Mahony and Janis Stemmerman, 134.1998.4. (Photo: MoMA)

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Ripple Chip from 20" x 15"

1997

Sean Mellyn

American, born 1965

Drawings & Prints

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Maker/Artist: Mellyn, Sean
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: Aquatint, photoetching, and woodcut from a portfolio of five aquatints (one with embossing, one with photogravure, one with etching, one with photoetching and woodcut, and one with screenprint and collage additions)
Medium: aquatint, photoetching, woodcut, from, portfolio, aquatints, embossing, photogravure, etching, screenprint, collage, additions
Dimensions: plate: 17 11/16 × 12 1/2" (45 × 31.7 cm); sheet: 20 3/16 × 14 13/16" (51.2 × 37.6 cm)
Departments: Drawings & Prints
Accession Number: 134.1998.4
Credit Line: Gift of Maureen Mahony and Janis Stemmerman
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