in march 1942, on a visit to tucson, pescheret spoke to the combined art classes at the university of arizona and the advertisers national federation in phoenix on the topic of one plate color etching and this phase of his work. during these lectures pescheret articulated his philosophy that artist should produce quantities of prints to drive down the price so that they can be acquired by the general public and avoid limiting production to elevate scarcity so only collectors and museums can buy them. in discussing the single plate color etching process with the arizona daily star in 1942, pescheret explained that he only produced six plates a year each an open edition of 200 prints. these prints are produced on large copper plates, the smallest 10 by 12 inches the largest 13 by 18 inches.