The Visitation
- Title
- The Visitation
- LC Subject
- Prints--Technique Linoleum block-printing Fishing linocuts (prints) linoleum-block printing printmaking
- Creator
- Cunningham, Dennis, 1949-
- Description
- This piece uses simple black lines to capture man and nature. The silhouette of the solo male figure, with a hat and fishing line is set against a horizontally lined lake. There is little movement in the image aside from the man's turned head. Above the man is a winged being with large wings, which may represent an angel. The left bottom of the print exhibits a darkened square showing a man praying--perhaps to the angel of fishing? This image is an image about a special mood in a special place, Sauvie's Island. Cunningham has a marvelous command of black and white pattern and texture. His detailed linocuts (prints made from an image cut into linoleum which is rolled with ink and then printed) present a close and often whimsical look at slices of life. (Oregon Arts Commission, 1987) Dennis Cunningham; 1986; linocut print; the visitation 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
- View
- full
- Location
- Oregon Department of Transportation >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 800 Airport Road S. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1986
- Identifier
- 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab_06_a01
- Accession Number
- 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab_06_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Cunningham, Dennis
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 17.25 x 17.25 inches
- Material
- Printmaking lino cut print
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1987 Salem Department of Transportation Materials Lab 1987_salem_dot-materials-lab
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- Second reception area
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- This image is about a phenomenon that sometimes seems to occur to fishermen who have gone fishless for the day. (Cunningham, 1987)
