Plate 5 from the portfolio Floating Islands

© Eric Fischl

Plate 5 from the portfolio Floating Islands

Currently not on view

Plate 5 from the portfolio Floating Islands,

1985

Eric Fischl, born 1948, New York, NY; active Sag Harbor
Printed by Peter Kneubühler, Swiss, 1944–1999
Published by Peter Blum Edition, American, founded 1980
2013-125

Information

Title
Plate 5 from the portfolio Floating Islands
Dates

1985

Maker
Eric Fischl
Printed by Peter Kneubühler
Medium

Color sugar-lift aquatint with drypoint

Dimensions

sheet trimmed inside plate: 58 × 42.5 cm (22 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Rips, Class of 1976

Object Number
2013-125
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription

Signed in graphite, bottom center: Eric Fischl

Numbered in graphite at bottom left: 33//45

Culture
American
Type
prints, aquatints, drypoints
Materials
printing ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
aquatint, drypoint, sugar-lift, mounting
Subject
figures (representations), nudes, yellow

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