Self Portrait by Spence Guerin

Self Portrait, c. 1963

Etching

14.75 x 11.75 in

Inv: SG-649

Edition Documentation
Print Edition Record Number 59 / Art Inventory Number SG-649

Artist: Spence Guerin
Title: Self Portrait
Date: c. 1963
Medium: etching
Paper: unidentified paper 15.75 x 13.75 inches, variable dimensions
Image: 14.75 x 11.75 inches
Ink: black etching ink, probably GCI Bone Black Etching Ink #514

ABOUT THIS PRINT
The artist's first etching, done as a student at Florida State University, in a beginning intaglio class instructed by Edward Hill, who also taught life drawing. Hill was a graduate of Yale University and the author of the book, The Language of Drawing, published in 1966.

PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Hard ground etching. The damp proos were taped to a wall to dry and were cut down once the paper and ink had dried.

EDITION RECORD
Not editioned.
11 proofs showing at least three states; not numbered, not signed.

Hand printed by the artist, guided by Edward Hill, in the printmaking studio at Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

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