Edition size: 20
Hand-printed by the artist
German Etching
Framed $350.00
(Mahogany tone wood frame with white museum mat.)
Unframed $250.00
This original print is a very deeply etched zinc plate, bathed in
acid for roughly 8-12 hours for some parts of the plate. Printing is done
in one pass through the press.
Three colors are applied. The first is applied by wiping in the usual intaglio manner, in this case, with red. The second color is a
very oily blue and is applied with a hard roller, so that the roller only
places ink on the highest surface of the plate. The final color, a dry or
tacky yellow ink, is applied with a very soft roller that sinks deep into the
plate. The dry yellow ink skips over the oilier blue and red, and sticks
to the plate only where there is not already an oily film of ink present. The
technique is called viscosity printing because the outcome of the placement of
the ink on the plate depends on the relative oiliness (or viscosity) of the 3
inks.