Memory Machine

Special Exhibition Galleries, second floor (Dorrance Galleries)

Main Building

Memory Machine

1947

Dorr Bothwell (American, 1902–2000)

California painter and teacher Dorr Bothwell learned how to make screenprints in 1942. Quickly mastering the fundamentals, she adapted the technique to her own playful Surrealist images executed in a bright palette. In her prints of the late 1940s, Bothwell frequently used a frottage technique, rubbing a litho crayon over a coarse textured material (such as sandpaper, lace, or embossed book covers, as seen here) to transfer the texture onto the screen.

Special Exhibition Galleries, second floor (Dorrance Galleries)

Object Details

Title:

Memory Machine

Date:

1947

Artist:

Dorr Bothwell (American, 1902–2000)

Medium:

Color screenprint

Dimensions:

Image: 9 3/16 x 12 1/4 inches (23.3 x 31.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/2 x 17 1/8inches (31.8 x 43.5cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl and Laura Zigrosser Collection, 1981

Accession Number:

1981-115-7

Geography:

Made in United States, North and Central America

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Special Exhibition Galleries, second floor (Dorrance Galleries)

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