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ROBERT BLACKBURN (1913 - 2003)
Heavy Forms
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Color lithograph, 1962. 404x500 mm; 16x19
3
/
4
inches, wide (full ?) margins. Artist’s proof, aside
from the edition of approximately 10-12. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “A/P II” in pencil,
lower margin.
According to
Creative Space: FiftyYears of Robert Blackburn’s PrintmakingWorkshop
,“from 1958 to 1961,
Blackburn worked on variations of the lithograph
Heavy Forms
.The imagery can be seen as deriving
from Blackburn’s earlier tabletop still lifes. However, here the image matches its ‘tabletop’ to the printed
surface, tipping it up to mimic the inked edge of the lithographic stone and print process itself.
Blackburn treated the stone with tremendous fluidity, re-orienting the image and frequently signing
his work on both top and bottom margins, allowing options for viewing.”
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