Artwork Description:
THE PRICE OF THIS MATTED ETCHING INCLUDES A FRAME THAT MEASURES 16INCHES HIGH BY 11 INCHES WIDE. THE GOLD PAINTED, WOOD AND GLASS FRAME INCLUDES AN ACID FREE, WHITE MAT. MOREOVER, THE ARTWORK ARRIVES WIRED AND READY TO HANG. This etching is based on a black and white snapshot from 1962 executed by the artist’s mother. The scene shows the artist at age nine dressed for Halloween as Abe Lincoln. The print now has two editions with each one limited to only five hand-pulled etchings. The work was executed on a zinc plate by Jerry Gerard Di Falco and printed on a Charles Brand flatbed press at The Center for Works on Paper, located on the Fleisher Art campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Media included oil base etching inks, RivesBFK white paper, and Thai mulberry bark papers infused with Japanese Kozo fibers. Four nitric acid baths were required to obtain the final design. This is the best print of five prints in the FIRST of FOUR Editions, as noted on the etching in pencil. The image size, which corresponds to the etching plate size, measures six inches wide by nine inches high or 15.240cm by 22.860 cm. The FRAMED and MATTED etching measures 12 inches wide by 16 inches high.