Pearl at 13th
- Title
- Pearl at 13th
- LC Subject
- Prints Print makers Linoleum block-printing Landscape prints printmaking linoleum-block printing
- Creator
- McCorkle, Mery Lynn
- Description
- This brightly colored print depicts a street scene where the street recedes into the background from the foreground, bearing a bike lane, various graffitti markings, and three manhole covers. The tree-lined boulevard gives way to store fronts and housing. A shilhouette of a mountain under a pinkish sky swallows up the street in the background. Pearl at 13th; M.L. McCorkle; reduction linoleum cut; (in collaboration with Bill Bradish); 1988; 16 x 21 inches The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
- Location
- Western Oregon University >> Polk County >> Oregon >> United States Polk County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth Oregon
- Award Date
- 1988
- Identifier
- 1989_wosc_dorm_04_a01
- Item Locator
- MCC: 89-24
- Accession Number
- 1989_wosc_dorm_04_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- McCorkle, Mery Lynn
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 16 x 21 inches
- Material
- Printmaking reduction lino-cut
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1989 Western Oregon State College dormitory (I-Z) 1989_wosc_dorm
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- This artwork was awarded in 1989 to Western Oregon State College (WOSC). WOSC became Western Oregon University in 1997. For a map of the campus, see http://www.wou.edu/wou/maps/ third floor lounge
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- The Eugene series of prints, of which this is one, are collaborative works with Bill Bradish. We both anticipated leaving the area and wanted to celebrate some of the sections of Eugene which we considered to capture the essence of Eugene. At the same time we wanted to depict some of the fantasies we were feeling as we lived there, the perennial fantasy of western Oregonians for sunlight and vibrant color. This particular print is based on the corner of Pearl and 13th Ave. It is facing the butte, which because of the brightness of the colors used for it comes forward visually, flattening the space. While designing the print, we decided to shift buildings around and to move the bicycle path to a more exciting location. (McCorkle, 1989)
