Accession Number
2015/2.57

Title
The Farmer's Almanac

Artist(s)
Christopher Brown

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1994

Medium & Support
spit-bite and soap-ground aquatints with soft-ground etching on paper

Dimensions
39 in x 39 in (99.06 cm x 99.06 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Carol Wilke in honor of Manuel and Joan Jacobs

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.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
Picinae (subfamily)
aquatint (printing process)
birds (motifs)
biting
plum (fruit)