Angel Of Epstein Printmaking By Jerry Di Falco

Year:

Medium:

Intaglio Print

Size - (USA):

12 W x 16 H x 1 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

30.5 W x 40.6 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Spiritual

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

616691

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Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

THE PRICE OF THIS ETCHING INCLUDES A BLACK PAINTED WOOD FRAME WITH GLASS AND ACID FREE MAT. THE FRAME MEASURES 16 INCHES HIGH BY 12 INCHES WIDE. THE WHITE MAT CONTAINS A BLACK INNER TRIMMED EDGE. THE ARTWORK ARRIVES WIRED AND READY TO HANG ON YOUR WALL. A WALL HOOK AND NAIL ARE ALSO INCLUDED. The imagery in this etching originated with a 2012 photograph by the artist taken at England’s Covington Cathedral. It shows a relief sculpture on the building by Jacob Epstein, the same sculptor who carved Oscar Wilde’s gravestone in Paris, as well as the free standing bronze piece entitled, SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS, permanently installed at The Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, USA. This original etching, entitled EPSTEIN S ANGEL, was executed on a zinc plate by and manually printed by Di Falco on a Charles Brand flatbed press at The Center for Works on Paper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The artist incorporated the techniques of intaglio, aquatint, drypoint and Chine colle. His media included oil base etching ink, RivesBFK white paper, and mulberry bark paper from Thailand that was infused with Kozo fibers and treated with homemade methylcellulose. Five individual nitric acid baths and plate workings were required. This is the best of five prints in the FIRST of FOUR Editions. The image size corresponds to the etching plate size, which measures six inches wide by nine inches high, or 15.240cm by 22.860 cm. The framed and matted work measures about 12 inches by 16 inches. The visual narrative depicts the victorious Archangel Michael standing above the conquered angel, Lucifer. The work includes an artist’s exhibition resume and Certificate of Authenticity. It ships in a professional cardboard box with bubble wrap.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Printmaking

Materials:   Intaglio Prints