LORCA’S DREAM: GIVE HIM COFFEE AND ETERNITY - Limited Edition 1 of 5 Print

EDITION & MEDIA NOTES: This etching, executed in oil-based ink (French) on natural papers, currently has two finished editions; each edition is limited to an extremely small number of prints (six in the first edition, and five in the remaining four). Editions III, IV, & V (3, 4 & 5) will be printed between July and August 15, 2016. The studio techniques I used are intaglio, aquatint, drypoint, and Chine collé. The etching was done in a nitric acid bath, and this work required eight separate baths per plate. The color for this edition is a blend of two different ones, including metallic gold. The paper used is Rives BFK white (France). The artist hand printed these works in Philadelphia at The Center for Works on Paper. I used Thai, hand-dyed mulberry-bark paper and methyl cellulose in the Chine collé process, which adds a slight amount to this edition. The Chine Collé Process Methylcellulose powder is re-constituted by mixing it with spring water and then applying the clear viscous substance to hand-dyed mulberry-bark paper from Thailand (Brand Unryu); In Japan, Unryu translates as CLOUD DRAGON paper because it has long swirling threads of kozo fibers integrated in it, thereby giving the texture and visual effect of clouds. (Kozo fibers come the branches of the kozo (paper mulberry) bush, specifically the innermost of three layers of bark, which must be removed, cooked, and beaten before the sheets are formed. Kozo is harvested annually.) The treated Thai paper is then allowed to dry overnight and I cut it to fit the plate areas where I want color to exist 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 resulting. This hand-done process is a difficult and laborious one, which I do myself every step of the way. SIZE NOTES: I used two zinc metal plates for this “etched diptych”; each plate measured seven-inches high by five-inches wide (17.780cm x 12.700cm); 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). Image & Title: The inspiration for this work came from photographs I took in 1987 while in Granada, Spain. The title “Dale café. And With These Words . . . Lorca Vanished; Cries in Granada.” Is a combination of 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 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 murdered Salvador Dali’s “boyfriend”. A Cuban poet and I once walked in the area one October night where the murder may have happened; as we approached a small field atop a mountain, we saw levitating red spheres and heard sorrowful moans deep with the wooded areas we found ourselves. 1/5;II/V appears on the prints lower left corner. This stands for The best (First) print of five prints in the edition; Second Edition of Five Editions. 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 - Gold); 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.

Printmaking:Aquatint on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:5

Size:20 W x 16 H x 1 D in

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