Emblem of Memory

Artist Michele Burgess (American, born 1960)

Date2009

MediumEtching, Drypoint, and Aquatint

DimensionsPlatemark: 7 7/8 × 9 13/16 in. (20 × 25 cm) Sheet: 15 11/16 × 17 in. (39.9 × 43.2 cm)

Credit LineCommissioned by the University upon the Fiftieth Anniversary of the San Diego College for Women

CultureAmerican

Inscribed5/60, "Emblem of Memory", MBurgess 2009

Object numberPC2009.02

ClassificationsPrint Collection

DescriptionImage of open book, made of shades of brown. Referencing the books shown on the facade of the Founders Hall building at the University of San Diego. Many dark lines are strewn across the work. The corners are lighter, indicating other parts of the facade.

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