Jim Nutt
American, born 1938
soft touch me
INV-2139
Jim Nutt
American, born 19381970–1971
soft touch me
Jim Nutt American, born 1938 →etchingpaper
Date
1970–1971
Medium
Etching in black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 12 × 9.7 cm (4 3/4 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 24.7 × 19 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Raymond K. Yoshida Living Trust and Kohler Foundation, Inc.
Jim Nutt studied various graphic media during his time at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), but he was most inspired by the tiny etchings of James Ensor and Paul Klee, both of whom were prolific printmakers. Between 1967 and 1970 Nutt created numerous small etchings in the style seen here, some of which were printed by his friends Philip Hanson and Christina Ramberg in the print studio at SAIC.
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