Etching, Titled Football, Limited Edition Of 17/35, 1958, Signed.

Etching, Titled Football, Limited Edition Of 17/35, 1958, Signed. Surreal Modernist Abstract Figures. 

First you have to understand the process of producing an etching. The artist does his work on a copper plate, so the “original” is a copper plate and that’s rarely ever for sale. To produce the image, first the plate is hand-inked. Then the paper is laid down on top and the two pass together through the etching press, under tremendous pressure. The pressure transfers the image to the paper. Since the copper plate has a thickness, it “dents” the paper around the edge of the image. This “dent” is called a plate impression. You can see it and feel it around the edge of the plate. 

Since the process is not photographic and there is no printing press, there are no dots in the image. If you use a magnifying glass to look at a photograph in a newspaper, you can see the entire image is made up of dots. Use a magnifying glass with an original etching, and there are no dots. An authentic etching does not have any dots in the image.

After the edition is printed by the master printer, it is given back to the artist to hand-sign each one. Prints or other fakes have copies of the signature. Authentic etchings are hand-signed by the artist, usually in pencil.

Item Code - VIS16C1871IAGZ1

Width: 19 1/2''  Height: 13"  Depth: 1/32"  Item Weight: 45.0 g  Item with Packaging: 100.0 g