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Glacier by Roi George Partridge

Glacier by Roi George Partridge

Glacier

Roi George Partridge

Title

Glacier

 
Artist

Roi George Partridge

  1888 - 1984 (biography)
Year
1939 -1941 
Technique
etching on copper 
Image Size
11 7/8 x 14" platemark 
Signature
pencil signed, lower center; signed in plate, lower left. 
Edition Size
edition of 54 
Annotations
 
Reference
White 247 
Paper
cream laid with large, partially obscured watermark (legible portion reads "HANDMADE England") 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
21570 
Price
SOLD
Description

It took Roi Partridge two years to complete this etching of the Emmons Glacier on Mount Rainier in his native state. Emmons Glacier is on the northeast flank of Mount Rainier, in the state of Washington. At 10,000 ft and 4.3 sq mi, it has the largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United States. This view is from the Yakima side of the mountain.

In this composition Partridge again features his signature etching lines, hundreds of short, parallel lines at slightly different angles that create the hard facets of the rocks and the glacier.

Partridge was born in Washington before it became a state and its mountain ranges remained an inspiration to him throughout his whole career.