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| OAC Identifier | KIR: 90-7 |
| Title | A Classic Jump-Off |
| Artwork Description | A Classic Jump Off depicts a jockey in red, white and black with a leaping brown horse. The use of watercolor captures the movements of both the jockey and the horse in an seemingly effortless way. |
| Description on Object | James Kirk; A Classic Jump Off; watercolor; 32x24 inches; executive office building |
| Notes | For directions to and map of Salem Executive Building, see http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/docs/Exec-Bldg-Map.pdf |
| LC Subject | Watercolor painting
Horse racing
Jockeys
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| AAT Subject | watercolors (paintings)
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| Creator | Kirk, James
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| About the Artist | James Kirk is an entertainer, teacher, and watercolor artist. He has taught art from first grade to graduate level for fifty years now. |
| Regional Arts Council | The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may view their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html |
| Award Date(s) | 1982
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| Installation Date | 1989 |
| Medium | Painting
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| Artwork Measurements | approx. 32 x 24 inches |
| Materials/Technique | watercolor |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Salem Oregon. Executive Building
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| Site Address | 155 Cottage St. N. E., Salem Oregon |
| County | Marion County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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