Description: "Männliches Bildniss" (Portrait of a Man)Original Antique Heliogravure Etching by R.Paulussen after Antonella da Messina (1430-1479) Painting Measures: 7-1/4" x 9-1/4" (18,4 x 23,5 cm.) - image , 8-3/4" x 11-1/4" (22,2 x 28,5 cm.) -plate mark, and 16" x 19" - overall matted. R. Paulussen, an english graphic-artist working around the turn of the 19th/20th century in Vienna and London. Not much is known about his life but he left some heliogravures in very high quality. With heliogravure the image has been engraved by using a complicated and extremely difficult photographic and handicraft procedure. Printing is done on heavy handmade-paper. Today, as 500 years ago, the copperplate is still carefully re-inked by hand and then cleaned with wide-meshed gauze balls, for only when the ink lies deep in the impressions the print will possess the velvety tones and fragile lines so characteristic of old, valuable engravings. The print is produced by pressing the plate under the pressroller with a pressure of around 16 tons. For every single print the entire procedure has to be repeated. To a greater extent than with wooden engravings, the artistic quality of etchings and copper engravings; heliogravures is dependent on the handicraft skills and the aesthetic sensitivity of the printer. Through the precise application and removal of ink, the carefully-considered choice of paper and the use of the hand press, the printing specialists create a precious original with every page.
Price: 450 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-03-01T18:09:47.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Signed: Signed
Print Type: Heliogravure, Photogravure
Subject: Animals
Date of Creation: 1900-1949
