Angel (broadside)
1991
9 7/8 x 13 in. (25.1 x 33 cm)
Robert E. Marx
United States
(Northeim, Germany, 1925 - 2020, Rochester, NY)
Artist, 1991
Al Poulin
United States
(Lisbon, ME, 1938 - 1996, Brockport, NY)
Author, 1991
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Etching, aquatint and letterpress
Credit Line:
Gift of Grant Holcomb in honor of Betsy Brayer's chairmanship of the Art Committee
Accession Number:
1996.95
Location: Not currently on view
Broadside.
Accompanies poem by Al Poulin.
Robert E. Marx
American (born Germany), born 1925
Angel, 1991
Etching, aquatint and letterpress
Gift of Grant Holcomb in honor of Betsy Brayer's
chairmanship of the Art Committee, 96.95
A print that combines a literary passage with an image is called a broadside. Historically, they were the most common form of printed material, used for news, proclamations, advertising, and ballads.
For Angel Robert Marx combined a poem by Al Poulin (1938-1996), founder of BOA Press, and his own etching.
Excerpted from installation text, Aug. 2011
Colleen Piccone, Curatorial Dept.