Born in Southern California, William Pettet established his career there before moving and settling in New York in 1969. Soon after, he was invited to return to his hometown for a Tamarind fellowship in 1970. Showing a keen interest in color combinations, Pettet invented a method of interlocking areas of variously colored ink without overlapping them. His attention to palette required extensive proofing. In the two examples above, which were pulled on a stone with four other prints, a total of 15 different colors were used in various combinations before the artist arrived at the final five that appear here. The smaller print of the two was the smallest pulled at Tamarind Lithography Workshop during its decade in Los Angeles.
Details
- Artist Name: William Pettet (American, 1942-)
- Title: Untitled
- Date: 1970
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Paper: 3 x 3 in. (7.6 x 7.6 cm.); Image: 2 x 2 in. (5.1 x 5.1 cm.)
- Publisher: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Inc.
- Printer: S. Tracy White
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, Anonymous Gift, 1972
- Accession Number: P.1972.08.267
Object Information
Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California
- Norton Simon Museum, 2011-10-02 to 2012-04-02
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