Nude Sitting Up in Bed (Deborah) by Spence Guerin | Artwork Archive

Nude Sitting Up in Bed (Deborah), 1978

Engraving

7.875 x 5.75 in

Inv: SG-333

Edition Documentation
Print Edition Record Number 57 / Art Inventory Number SG-333

Artist: Spence Guerin
Title: Nude Sitting Up in Bed (Deborah)
Date: 1978
Medium: Engraving
Paper: Arches Cover White 15.25" x 11.125"
Image: 7.875" x 5.75"
Ink: Black etching ink, probably GCI-514 Black

ABOUT THIS PRINT
The artist's first engraving. Done during intaglio workshop at Visual Arts Center of Alaska. Instructor: Lee R. Chesney, Jr. Univ. Hawaii, Honolulu.

PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Following instruction on engraving, the artist took home a polished copper plate, drew the image from life with an ordinary grease pencil, and engraved the image that night and proofed it the next day.

EDITION RECORD
Never editioned.
Nine proofs printed. Black ink only. Plate was not reworked. Three impressions have added drawing in Conte Crayon.

Printed at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska.

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