NESSOS ET DEJANIRE

Beautiful gypsography of the inventor of the process. Marginal nets, old scotch tape in the top margin not reaching the subject, manipulation fold in the upper right corner..

400.00 €

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MYRRHA, FILLE DU ROI DE CHYPRE CINYRAS ET MERE D'ADONIS

Nice Proof"Pierre Roche is an active and pioneering figure in the revival of graphic arts at the end of the 19th century. Protean artist, sculptor, painter, ceramist, medalist and engraver, he experiments in the field of printmaking original processes which bring all together These functions. Decompartmentalizing the decorative arts, he perfected new techniques such as stamped watercolor, gypsography and gypsotype, or eglomized papers.""In 1892, Pierre Roche, fascinated by the qualities of Japanese paper, began by drawing his prints in relief on hollow plaster; then he colored with a brush each proof. He gave these monotypes the name of stamped watercolors. He then grew. the process a little further and then uses the plaster matrix in the manner of a wood: the plaster is engraved like a light bas-relief and at the same time inked. The moistened paper, compressed by hand, comes to look for on the reliefs of the plaster at the same time the ink and the modeled. We thus obtain an embossed print of a great softness in its grain and its colors. The colored iridescence evokes the ceramic. Obviously the fragility of the plaster prohibits important prints. To remedy to this, the artist replaces the plaster with copper or steel, giving birth to gypsotypies, all marked with the artist's monogram. " in: "Pierre Roche (1855-1922): the third dimension of prints" by Monique Moulène, Department of Prints and Photography...

350.00 €

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