Richard Diebenkorn Large Light Blue, 1980 Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint and soft
ground etching Plate: 24 x 14 1/2 inches Sheet: 40 x 26 inches Edition of 35
, 2008 hard
ground etching plate size 55.5 x 21.625, sheet size 59.125 x 24.125 inches edition of 9 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 2006 Soft
ground etching plate 55.688 x 15.813, sheet 60.938 x 21.063 inches 1 known impression of the only state, outside the editions unpublished, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, The Stretch, 2006 hard
ground etching plate size 35.4375 x 55.6875, sheet size 59.8125 x 35.625 inches edition of 9 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, Opening Up, 2008 Soft
ground etching plate 55.563 x 13.75, sheet 59.5 x 19.375 inches 1 known variant impression of the only state outside the edition and unique variants published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Not exact matches
Examples of this experimental approach in the exhibition include Fuller's soft -
ground etching, made by impressing lace and a string garlic bag into the
plate's surface coating; Ryan's use of a recycled floorboard for her woodblock print; Bourgeois» sculptural treatment of the engraving process; and Nevelson's use of fabric dipped in acid to create
etching directly on the
plate.
Louise Bourgeois, The Unfolding, 2007 Soft
ground etching with selective wiping, and wash, black crayon, and pencil additions
plate 58.875 x 35.563, sheet 59.625 x 37.813 inches edition of 9 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, La Famille, 2006 hard
ground etching with hand additions
plate 55.625 x 16.8125, sheet 59.5 x 20.125 inches edition of 11 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, The Smell of Eucalyptus (# 1), 2006 Soft
ground etching with black crayon, gray watercolor wash, and pencil additions
plate 55.25 x 30.75, sheet 59.125 x 34.5 inches edition of 19 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Louise Bourgeois, My Inner Life, 2008 hard
ground etching with hand additions
plate size 59.6875 x 35.5625, sheet size 59.6875 x 38.5 inches edition of 9 published by Osiris Editions, printed by Wingate Studio
Blue Tumbler, 2010 three color soft
ground etching and aquatint sheet size 22.5 x 23 inches,
plate size 18 x 18 inches edition of 20 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire
Barbara Takenaga, Falling (blue concentrate), 2017 five
plate aquatint
etching with soap
ground and hand painting by the artist 33.125 x 25.875 inches edition of 25 published by Wingate Studio
Orion Martin, H.E.D. (geim n gebult), 2016 five
plate aquatint
etching, soft
ground, burnishing 42 x 30.5 inches edition of 25 published by Wingate Studio
Chuck Webster, Fun House, 2015 color
etching and aquatint, hard
ground, scraping, burnishing, spit bite, dry point
plate size 12 x 10.5 inches, sheet size 20.5 x 17 inches edition of 20 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire
Chuck Webster, Reach A Call in the Sun, 2015 color
etching and aquatint, hard
ground, scraping, burnishing, spit bite, dry point
plate size 12 x 10.5 inches, sheet size 20.5 x 17 inches edition of 20 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire
Robert Kushner, Blue Iris, 2017 five
plate aquatint
etching with sugar lift, soap
ground, and spit bite
plate size 24 x 24 inches, sheet size 30 x 30 inches edition of 30 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire Project and Artist Info
Chuck Webster, Gleemer, 2015 color
etching and aquatint, hard
ground, scraping, burnishing, spit bite, dry point
plate size 8.5 x 7.1875 inches, sheet size 15.75 x 14 inches edition of 20 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire
Chuck Webster, Meet Where It's Big (Parade), 2015 color
etching and aquatint, hard
ground, scraping, burnishing, spit bite, dry point
plate size 12 x 10.5 inches, sheet size 20.5 x 17 inches edition of 20 published by Wingate Studio Purchase / Inquire
Laurie Reid painted with acid directly onto a copper
plate to create delicate, looping curves in «First Verse,» 2000, while Sol LeWitt made his loops and curves by drawing into hard
ground wax with a sharp,
etching needle in «Small Etching / Black & White No. 5,»
etching needle in «Small
Etching / Black & White No. 5,»
Etching / Black & White No. 5,» 1999.
When the
plate was
etched and printed, the white
ground brushstrokes became negative open space.
Martin Puryear, Quadroon (1966 — 67), soft
ground etching and aquatint with
plate tone monotype on paper, 22 1/4 x 22 inches.
Left: Quadroon, 1966 — 67, Soft
ground etching and aquatint, in black, with
plate tone monotype in brown, on cream wove paper.
Right: MLK Elegi, 1968, Soft
ground etching and aquatint on shaped
plate, with burnishing, printed in brown on ivory wove paper
Each print is an impression made from an untransformed doily that was placed in soft
ground on a zinc
plate, then
etched and printed.
blue -
plate (soft -
ground etching)
When her eyesight started failing in her nineties, rather than give up her reinvigorated printmaking production, she increased the size of the
plates so she could see them better and concentrated on soft -
ground etching, a technique that is easier on the hand.
Pompeii Forte, 1976 - 82; Drypoint,
etching, sugar - lift
etching, sugar -
ground etching and aquatint on White CM Fabriano Classico paper; Signed, dated and numbered 2/5; 12 1/4» x 21 1/2» (
plate); 22» x 30 1/2» (sheet); Literature: Harrison 88; Provenance: The artist; Donn H. Stewart, thence by decent; Private Collection Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower recto.
Richard Diebenkorn High Green, Version II, 1992 Color spit bite and soap
ground aquatints with soft
ground and hard
ground etching and drypoint
Plate: 39 3/4 x 22 7/8 inches Sheet: 52 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches Edition of 65