HAVANA ANGEL Printmaking By Jerry Di Falco

Year:

Medium:

Intaglio Print

Size - (USA):

11 W x 15 H x 0.5 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

27.9 W x 38.1 H x 1.3 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Beauty

Edition:

10

Artwork ID:

444870

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

The work was hand printed and published by the artist at The Center for Works on Paper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Please note that this etching is shipped to the collector without a frame or mat. This keeps the price low and allows the collector personal choice in mat selection and framing. A sturdy cardboard box is employed for shipping the work. The etching is first wrapped in two layers of acid free glassine and then placed between two archival boards. This is next placed into the shipping carton and securely packed with bubble wrap. The Absolute Arts Dot Com price includes all handling costs, shipment supplies, and the coast of the shipment box. Mailing costs are added. This print incorporated the studio etching techniques of intaglio and Chine colle. The later adds color to the work by applying treated mulberry bark paper from Thailand during the printing process. I used oil-based Charbonnel black printers ink on RivesBFK white paper. I based my initial etching drawings on a photograph from The US Library of Congress in Washington, DC, Highsmith Archive. The scene shows a sculpted nude angel outside The Havana Capitol, built April 1, 1926 to 1929. After the 1959 Revolution, the Capitol became the headquarters of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba and then the Ministry of Science, Technology, and the Environment. The image size, or zinc plate size, is 9 inches high by 6 inches wide, or 22.5 cm x 15 cm. The print size is 15 inches high by11.25 inches wide, 31.8 cm x 37.5 cm. This is from the FIRST EDITION of THREE, each edition limited to ten prints. KEY SEARCH WORDS include, Havana, Angel, Nude, Cuba, Sculpture, Figurative, Male, Photographic, Intaglio, Mulberry Bark paper, and Etching.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Printmaking

Materials:   Intaglio Prints