anita berber two

Artwork Description:
Four studio techniques of aquatint, intaglio, drypoint, and Chine Collé were employed to create this original etching by Jerry Di Falco. Its title refers to the German Cabaret dancer and performance artist, Anita Berber, who was born in Dresden on June 10th 1899 and died young in 1928. The work is part of the artist’s “TEARS FOR BERLIN SERIES”, a collection of etchings devoted to The German Art Movement of the 1920s. It was executed on a zinc etching plate that measured four inches wide by five inches high or 10.160cm by 12.700cm, and the printing paper was hand trimmed to eight inches by ten inches. The wood and glass frame with archival mat is eleven inches wide by fourteen inches high or 27.94cm by 35.560cm. This etching is part of a portfolio of FIVE EDITIONS moreover, the editions are limited to only five etchings each. This work is from the SECOND EDITION and executed in a blend of French, oil based emerald etching inks printed on Rives BFK white paper also from France . Di Falco used a Thai mulberry bark paper infused with Japanese Kozo threads treated with methylcellulose for the color overlay the Chine collé process . This work was printed and published by the artist at the Center for Works on Paper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on The Fleisher Art Campus, which is an art school for students and professional artists associated with The Philadelphia Museum of Art. Three separate nitric acid baths were required to obtain the final design. The photographic image Di Falco used in his studies for this etching originated from a print by the German fashion photographer, Madame D’Ora a.k.a. Dora Kallumus taken in 1922. Berlin was the central location in the world in the 1930s for avant-garde and Dadaist performance art. The political satire inherent in the scripts added an artistic edge to the entertainment and theatrical aspects of CABARET. In addition, Anita Berber was one of the most infamous dancers she loved cocaine and could often been seen at nightspots with her pet monkey. She also gained a reputation for her nude performances, lesbian affairs, and S M themes. Her second marriage to Dadaist cabaret, Sebastian Droste, caused scandals. The marriage ended after he stole her jewels to finance a move for himself to New York City. In 1924 she attend a performance by American dancer Henri Chatin-Hoffman in Berlin she fell in love, and they married two weeks later. In October 1925, the duo began a nationwide tour of their production, and it was whilst they were in Düsseldorf that the artist Otto Dix painted his portrait of her. In summer of 1926, Anita and Henri were on tour with their new production “Dances of Sex and Ecstasy”. Whilst in Zagreb, Anita publicly insulted the King of Yugoslavia and was imprisoned for six weeks. Back in Berlin, both Anita and Henri were now broke and Anita returned to the cabaret circuit. The price of Di Falco’s etching includes: the original print, archival matting framing, shipment carton, and packaging. Shipping costs are not included. Please, no offers are accepted below the artist’s price, which is already discounted.