On View
Not on viewObject number1970/1.63
Electron Diffraction Pattern
Artist
Carl Nelson Schmalz, Jr.
(American, 1926 - 2013)
Date1970
Mediumscreenprint
Dimensionsimage: 9 × 9 in. (22.9 × 22.9 cm)
sheet: 13 3/8 × 12 in. (34 × 30.5 cm)
sheet: 13 3/8 × 12 in. (34 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineDirector's Fund
Exhibition HistoryRound and Round, Ethel Denton Groos Gallery, November 4, 2017 - March 4, 2018Label TextCarl Schmalz worked primarily in watercolor, painting landscapes and still lifes. This is a rare screenprint by the Ann Arbor-born artist. Though it is an abstraction, the title references a view at the molecular level. Specialized microscopes can observe electron diffraction patterns: waves that ripple in broadening concentric circles. Scientists can study matter by firing electrons at a sample and observing materials’ signature patterns, such as this image of CCMV-AuNP (gold nanoparticles encapsulated by a virus).
With advanced degrees from Harvard, Schmalz taught art and art history at Bowdoin College and Amherst College.
