CABARET, BERLIN - Limited Edition 2 of 4 Print

THE PRICE OF THIS ETCHING INCLUDES A FRAME (BLACK-PAINTED WOOD WITH GLASS) AND ACID-FREE MAT. THE FRAME MEASURES 14 INCHES HIGH BY 11 INCHES WIDE; AND, THE WHITE MAT CONTAINS A BLACK INNER TRIMMED EDGE. THE ARTWORK ARRIVES WIRED AND READY TO HANG ON YOUR WALL. ALSO, A WALL HOOK AND NAIL ARE INCLUDED. This etching was hand printed by the artist at The Center for Works on Paper in Philadelphia, which is where Fleisher Art Memorial’s OPEN STUDIO IN PRINTMAKING is held on campus at 705 Christian Street. The work was executed on a zinc plate and incorporates the studio techniques of Intaglio, Chine collé, and Aquatint. Five separate baths in Nitric acid and water were used to achieve the desired image, which was inspired by a 1929 photograph of Wilheim Bendow, a performance artist in the German cabaret arts movement. This is the SECOND EDITION of the FIRST ETCHING within a series devoted this German CABARET genre of the 1920s and early 1930s. This form of music-theater was on Europe’s cutting edge of the Avant Garde and coincides with the German Expressionist movements in Visual Art, Literature, and Film. Cabaret was also an area in which both class and gender roles were explored via satire. The image size corresponds to the etching plate’s size of six inches wide by nine inches high or 15.240cm by 22.860 cm. The RivesBFK white printmaking paper was hand torn to a size of about eleven inches by fifteen inches or 27.940cm by 38.100cm. The artist created this etching with black inks on Rives BFK white paper. The 4 editions are limited to just FIVE etchings each, and the inks are oil based. This print is number 1 of 5. DiFalco used a Thai mulberry bark paper (threaded with Koso and treated with methylcellulose) in his Chine colle process. The Saatchi price includes the costs for all handling, the shipment carton, bubble wrap, mat, frame, Certificate of Authenticity, and regular domestic (US) shipment costs. The Chine Collé Process: Methylcellulose powder is reconstituted with spring water; and then, the clear viscous substance is left to metabolize overnight. Next, this liquid is applied to Thailand produced, hand-dyed mulberry-bark paper and left again to dry again overnight. I use the brand name of Unryu Mulberry Bark Paper; NOTE - In Japan, Unryu translates as the CLOUD DRAGON paper, because it has long swirling threads of kozo fibers integrated in it, thereby giving the texture and visual effect of clouds. To add, Kozo fibers come the branches of the kozo bush, specifically the innermost of three layers of bark; and this, must be removed, cooked, and beaten before the sheets are formed. Kozo is harvested annually in Japan. The treated Thai paper is next cut to fit exactly over the zinc plate areas where I want color in the print. These stenciled mulberry-bark papers are first dampened/misted with water and placed upon the already inked and wiped etching plate. The printing process continues, and a multi-colored image on paper results.

Printmaking:Aquatint on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:12 W x 16 H x 1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.