Willhelm Unger (1837-1932) was regarded as the premier interpreter of Rembrandt's work. This is one of Willhelm Unger's most famous renderings of a Rembrandt painting, The Jewish Bride.
Image size 5.5 x 8 inches, tissue proof mounted on a larger sheet. Printed in warm black ink. Not signed. This was from a deluxe edition of Rembrandt's work. Published c. 1885. This is NOT a modern reproduction.
(Etching is the process of using strong acid to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal . As an intaglio method of printmaking it is, along with engraving, the most important technique for old master prints, and remains widely used today)
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Frederick Garrison Hall Original Etching MAISON DES AMBASSADEURS
Frederick Garrison Hall 1878-1946 - MAISON DES AMBASSADEURS, DIJON France
Original Etching, 1924. 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches. Edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right. Supplied in archival study mat.
This print received a Silver Medal, Sequi-centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926. Other impressions are in the collection of the Boston Public Library, Fogg Art Museum, Museum of fine arts, Boston, National Collection of Fine Arts (Smithsonian museum of American Art), and the Uffizi Gallery. The copper plate is in the collection of the Boston Public Library (BPL catalog 23).
This is an original - not a modern reproduction.
Original Etching, 1924. 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches. Edition of 75. Signed in pencil lower right. Supplied in archival study mat.
This print received a Silver Medal, Sequi-centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, 1926. Other impressions are in the collection of the Boston Public Library, Fogg Art Museum, Museum of fine arts, Boston, National Collection of Fine Arts (Smithsonian museum of American Art), and the Uffizi Gallery. The copper plate is in the collection of the Boston Public Library (BPL catalog 23).
This is an original - not a modern reproduction.
Friday, February 4, 2011
W. Gisin Swiss Painter of the American Landscape (1921 - 2006)
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