GIVE LORCA COFFEE! THAT'S ALL FOLKS; A CARTOON MURDER - Limited Edition 1 of 5 Print

EDITION & MEDIA NOTES: THIRD OF FIVE EDITIONS: This etching--executed on two etchings plates to create one image--was printed in five colors of oil-based inks (French) on RivesBFK white paper; and, each edition is limited to an extremely small number of prints (six in the first edition, and five in the remaining four). Each etching plate size is 7inches high by 5 inches wide, making the image size 7 inches high by 10 inches wide. The framed work size is 16 inches high by 20 inches wide. My studio techniques included intaglio, aquatint, drypoint, and Chine collé. The etching was done in nitric acid, and required eight separate acid baths per plate. The colours for this edition is a blend of three black inks. The white paper is Rives BFK white (France). Mulberrybark paper from Thailand was used in the POP-ART colors used in the Chine collé. SIZE NOTES: I used two zinc metal plates for this “etched diptych”; each plate is seven-inches high by five-inches wide (17.780cm x 12.700cm); and with the small separating space between the left and right plate, the image size measures slightly over seven-inches high by ten-inches wide (17.780cm x 25.400cm). Storyline of EDITION The title of the FIRST EDITION is “Dale café. And With These Words . . . Lorca Vanished; Cries in Granada.” (I used both English and Spanish words.) In Spanish, “Dale Café” (pronounced Dah-LEY cah-FEY), means “Give him coffee .” However, during the Spanish Civil War, a right-wing military fascist used this phrase as a euphemism for, “Take him to the firing squad.” And so . . . Spain’s openly gay poet and playwright, Frederico Garcia Lorca, was killed when General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano exclaimed. "Dale café, mucho café”. Lorca’s body was never found but the fascists boasted about how they had murdered Salvador Dali’s “boyfriend”. The inspiration for this work came from an experience I had while in Granada, Spain (1987); the image is from photographs I took in the Alhambra. This experience happened while on sabbatical in Spain. One night in October, a Cuban poet (Nelson Blanco [1947-1993] ) and I were searching for the area where the Spanish poet, Lorca, was murdered during the Spanish Civil War. Our research led us to a rural area outside Granada. As we approached a small field atop a mountain, we saw levitating red spheres and heard sorrowful moans deep with the wooded areas in which we found ourselves. Lightning bugs painted eerie lines in the night as we listened to howling dogs; and, after midnight gypsy music floated from the caves of Sacre Mont. We somehow walked up a mountainside and went thought some tall hedges, following a line of lightning bugs. We realized we had walked into the Gardens of the Alhambra, where I shot this photo of a cloaked figure standing by the reflecting pool. THIS PRICE INCLUDES: THE MATTED ETCHING IN AN ARCHIVAL MAT; A FRAME (16 inch x 20 inch, Type – Glass & Wood Edge / Semi-Ornate Style, Color - Black); ALL HANDLING COSTS; SHIPMENT COSTS; CARDBOARD SHIPMENT CARTON; BUBBLE WRAP & OTHER PACKING MATERIALS; AND, A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. The work is wired and ready to hang. Framing includes a brown craft paper backing. A wall hook and nail are included

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:17.25 W x 14.25 H x 1.2 D in

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