Sunlit Towers, Charles Merrick Capps

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Charles Merrick Capps, Sunlit Towers
Charles Merrick Capps, Sunlit Towers
Charles Merrick Capps
Sunlit Towers
1954
Charles Merrick Capps
1898–1981
Sunlit Towers, 1954
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: etching; aquatint
Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 171.45 x 228.6 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 6 3/4 x 9 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 14 x 19 in
Credit line: Gift in memory of Virginia Hartle Jackson
Accession number: 2008.0020
Not on display
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Wichita artist Charles Merrick “Chili” Capps is best known for his prints of the American southwest, but this print suggests a location closer to home. A gigantic grain elevator towers over an old homestead. Long blades of grass blow in the wind; the treetops still have some leaves but the branches below are bare. What season do you think this might be? What sounds might you hear if you could step into the scene?