Accession Number
2015/2.23

Title
Le Vitrier

Artist(s)
Dean Jackson Meeker

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
circa 1964

Medium & Support
overprint screenprint with intaglio and collagraph on paper

Dimensions
35 1/8 in x 26 1/8 in (89.22 cm x 66.36 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Richard H. Shackson

Subject matter
After initally working in sculptural media, Meeker began to experiment with printmaking, eventually developing an innovative method of printing with high-relief plates. Meeker taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked with the UW Engineer John McFee to develop the Meeker-McFee motorized etching press, which was likely used here. The title of this work defines the figure as a glazier, suggesting that the figure is installing a plane of glass. However, this is no normal installation. Instead, the sculptural figure is installing a window into another world.

Physical Description
At the center of this etching, there is a nude figure in black, viewed from the back with arms outstretched, holding the edges of a large rectilinear space. Beyond the figure, whose body is pinned down by two vertial lines, there seems to be an interior space with remnants of objects: horse's head, sink, skeleton key, etc. The interior space is colored with a green-blue background and black outlined details. The print is titled (l.l.) "Le Vitrier", described (l.c.) "Proof", and signed (l.r.) "Dean Meeker" in pencil.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
artists' proofs
figures (representations)
glaziers (cutting glass)
mechanical engineers
men (male humans)