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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1963
Page
4
Preparing to press a print Lasansky lays a paper over a inked copper plate on a press. The sandwich of paper and plate is rolled under pressure. The image is etched into metal, inked, wiped, and paper pressed to pick up ink in the depressions. Each print is numbered and signed, and no two are identical due to hand inking.
World famous etcher Mauricio Lasansky, Argentine by birth and a 1945 Iowa hire, has drawn international notice through his intaglio printmaking. Time magazine hailed the Iowa City program, and his teaching elevates students into leading graphic arts departments nationwide.
In 1941 Fran cis Taylor of the Met brought Argentine born artist Mauricio Lasansky to the United States on a Guggenheim fellowship. He chose Iowa over Santa Fe and Chicago, founded the Iowa Print Group, and built a career famed for intaglio prints and disciplined craft. His work reflects a persistent sense of tragedy and exploration of expression through engraving and etching.
The Argentinian printmaker Lasansky, famed for nearly life size works and Ford Foundation awards, laments pressuring influences and demands on studio time while pursuing a solitary artistic path. He emphasizes the need for artists to be left alone to follow their truth.
An editorial mocks Richard Burton and ridicules a University of Mississippi art professor jailed on bail for obscene works depicting campus riots. It voices strong opposition to the Confederate flag, calling for removal from caps, decorations, apparel, and merchandise, arguing one flag is enough.
A reader argues the Bible does not forbid all drinking but calls for temperance. The letter surveys passages on drunkenness, ceremonial wine, Cana’s wedding, and Paul’s advice on wine, urging individual choice and responsibility.
Ames crowded by ISU short courses prompts Wood Weaver to ask the Highway Commission to shift bid settings for construction and maintenance contracts to Des Moines. Des Moines hotels could host all bidders. Ames would delay bid processing and the chamber backs a master bidder list to reduce crowding.
A bridge hand shows how declarer could have made the contract despite unlucky cards. West led hearts, ruffed, trumped, and clubs were fought over. South’s optimal line hinges on sensing West’s remaining honors and precise discards to force the contract.
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