A Funeral Dance in Rasberry - Limited Edition of 4 Print

This bewildering etching—inspired by an ancient fresco that depicts a funeral dance—was executed on two zinc plates, each requiring six baths in Nitric acid. The editions were all hand-printed by the artist at The Center for Works on Paper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plates each measure 4 inches wide by 6 inches high, which makes the overall image about 6 inches high by 8.25 inches wide. The print on paper measures about 11 inches high by 15 inches wide, and the wood and glass frame is about 12 inches by 16 inches. Media include oil-based etching inks (a blend of six colors) printed on Rives FBK white paper. The studio techniques employed were INTAGLIO, AQUATINT, & DRYPOINT. Price includes a wood/glass frame (color gold), archival mat, shipment carton, bubble wrap and other packing materials, as well as all shipment costs. It comes with a craft paper backing glued to the frame and a hanging hook and nail. The artist based this etching on his original drawings inspired by a museum slide of the work. This is the THIRD edition of FIVE; and, each edition is limited to only four etchings. The haunting scene depicts female dancers veiled in robes from a funeral procession in ancient Italy. NARRATIVE: Altra splendida opera proveniente dall’allora Real Museo Borbonico di Napoli, la lastra delle Danzatrici di Ruvo, che deve il suo nome alla misteriosa danza rituale affrescata sulle pareti di una tomba ipogeica a semicamera ritrovata nella località pugliese nel 1833 e appartenuta probabilmente ad un ricco personaggio di spicco della Ruvo di inizio IV secolo a.C. L’affresco delle danzatrici fu staccato dalle pareti della tomba e venduto in blocchi separati nel 1838, finendo a Napoli che ne presta , per la mostra, una lastra per incantare il pubblico con la sua bellezza e i suoi vivi colori e i misteri di una danza antica che si perde tra i secoli. Another splendid work from the then Royal Borbonic Museum of Naples, the slab of the Danzatrici di Ruvo, which owes its name to the mysterious ritual dance frescoed on the walls of a semi-chambered underground tomb found in the Apulian town in 1833 and probably belonged to a rich man prominent figure of the Ruvo at the beginning of the 4th century BC The fresco of the dancers was detached from the walls of the tomb and sold in separate blocks in 1838, ending up in Naples which lends, for the exhibition, a slab to enchant the public with its beauty and its vivid colors and the mysteries of an ancient dance which is lost over the centuries.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 8 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 13.25 H x 1.2 D in

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