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Monday, January 31, 2011

Bestiaries

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Master Ermengaut , November, Acorn Harvest . Escorial, Monastery of San Lorenzo, Library . A bestiary is a scientific and educational collec...
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Monday, June 7, 2010

A Smidge of Hopper's Ledger

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Few documents testify so insistently to an intimate relationship between a husband and wife as the Hopper ledgers. They present another as...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

William Blake

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When the Morning Stars Sang Together (1823) - William Blake. William Blake (1757-1827) was a gifted engraver... here is one of my favorite...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

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Illustration, 1902. From a Novissima annual, Milan 1902. Lithograph, 12 x 26 cm. Antonio Rizzi Born 1869 in Cremona Italy, Died 1941, Flor...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Asphaltum

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Applying the asphaltum to the matrix. Asphaltum: A stop-out varnish employed in the intaglio process when long bites are required. Usual...
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Friday, April 23, 2010

Coming Soon...

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Hall of Doges, Davenport Hotel, Spokane. I'm planning a comeback! Starting next week, I will attempt to post at least 2 to 3 times a we...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Alice Schille

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Horse Race, Siena, 1901-10. Watercolor, 9 x 11". Courtesy Perry Nicole Fine Art, Memphis, Tennessee . Trafalgar Square , London (...
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