BRONZE COCONUT HEAD IN NEW ORLEANS 1937 Printmaking By Jerry Di Falco

Year:

Medium:

Etching Print

Size - (USA):

11 W x 15 H x 1 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

27.9 W x 38.1 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Cityscape

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

605161

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

Please note that this etching is shipped to the buyer with a frame AND mat. This keeps the price reasonable and also allows the collector a wide range of choice in framing selection. For shipment, a sturdy cardboard box is employed. The etching is first wrapped in two layers of acid free glassine and then placed between two archival boards. This is next placed into the shipping box and securely packed with bubble wrap. The price does not include any shipment costs. My use of Intaglio, Aquatint, Chine Collé, and Dry-point, in combination with my unique ink application and wiping techniques, create an eerie balance of shadow and light in this zinc-plate etching, which is limited to only FIVE prints it is the LAST EDITION OF FOUR each edition is limited to ONLY FIVE works. I hand-print all my etchings at the Center for Works on Paper Fleisher Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US. The image size, and size of the zinc plate used, each measures 8-inches high by 6-inches wide or 20.320cm x 15.240cm. The paper size is close to 11-inches wide by 15-inches high or 27.940cm x 38.100cm. This edition uses a mixture of French, oil-based colored inks Charbonnel brand, Paris printed on Rives BFK white paper 100 natural, also French. The hand-drawn balconies, hand railings, shutters, and tree shading all give my etching a wonderful New Orleans flavor. For the Chine collé process, I used Thai mulberry bark paper infused with Kozo threads. This was treated with my homemade methyl cellulose before the cut-to-fit pieces of mulberry bark paper are placed onto the inked plate. Four editions of this plate were created, with a per-edition limit of only five etchings this means that only twenty, hand-pulled original prints of this image exist. Each of the four editions use a different color ink and paper combination.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Printmaking

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