
Collection Online as of December 4, 2023
(American, b. 1946)
Dye transfer print
Image: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Gift of the Artist 2023.23
Edition: 2/2
not on view
In this picture of her daughter playing on the grass, Nettles exploits the richly saturated colors offered by the dye-transfer process to express the exuberance and sensuousness of the moment. The most stable color process of the time, dye-transfer was so complex that most artists had their prints made by professional labs. Nettles was one of the few artists who mastered this technique.