▁major ▁museum ▁collections , ▁among ▁them ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art , ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁and ▁the ▁Fine ▁Arts ▁Museum s ▁of ▁San ▁Francisco , ▁California ▁Palace ▁of ▁the ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁Honor . ▁ ▁D ry points ▁ ▁K ip n iss ' s ▁first ▁print ▁and ▁only ▁et ch ing ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁That ▁year ▁he ▁began ▁producing ▁dry points , ▁which ▁he ▁has ▁made ▁period ically ▁since , ▁although ▁in ▁smaller ▁numbers ▁than ▁his ▁works ▁in ▁other ▁medium s . ▁" Al most ▁all ▁of ▁his ▁dry points ▁have ▁the ▁large ▁areas ▁of ▁white ▁typical ▁of ▁that ▁medium , ▁creating ▁much ▁more ▁of ▁an ▁effect ▁of ▁out door ▁light ▁than ▁his ▁me zz ot ints ." ▁Spring field , ▁O . ▁shows ▁the ▁typical ▁vel v ety ▁black ▁lines ▁of ▁the ▁dry point , ▁caused ▁when ▁in k ▁ad her es ▁to ▁the ▁raised ▁b urr ▁next ▁to ▁the ▁fur row , ▁but ▁K ip n iss ' s ▁lines ▁are ▁placed ▁more ▁tight ly ▁than ▁is ▁usual ▁in ▁dry points . ▁The ▁work ▁is ▁in ▁three ▁institution al ▁collections , ▁including ▁the ▁British ▁Museum , ▁London . ▁ ▁Writ ings ▁and ▁illustr ations ▁ ▁Author ▁ ▁Th irty - e ight ▁of ▁K ip n iss ' s ▁po ems ▁were ▁featured ▁in ▁Robert ▁K ip n iss ▁P aint ings ▁and ▁Po etry ▁ 1 9 5 0 – 1 9 6 4 ▁( 2 0 1 3 ). ▁The ▁book