The Color Square

Item

Title
The Color Square
Creator
Glen Alps
Artist ID
72
Date of Work
1971
Description
Grid of uneven squares in warm colors - yellow, red, and magenta. Bottom three rows are a dull brown.
Category of Media
Print
Media
Collagraph on paper
Accession Number
1971.003
Location
storage - VC-2
Date Acquired
1971
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Dimensions of Work
15.5 x 15.75"
Frame Dimensions
25.25" x 25.5"
Frame Type
Steel
Artist Bio
Glen Alps (1914-1996) was a printmaker and educator who is credited with having developed the collagraph. A collagraph is a print whose plate is a board or other substrate onto which textured materials are glued. The plate may be inked for printing in either the intaglio or the relief manner and then printed onto paper. Although the inventor of the process is not known, Alps made collagraphy his primary art form and coined the word "collagraph" in 1956. He disseminated the techniques he developed for making collagraphs during his long career as both an artist and a teacher. Alps taught for almost 40 years at the University of Washington.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Alps