Description: Paul Outerbridge Gravure DESCRIPTION: A lovely 1936 image by noted photographer Paul Outerbridge. This small gem was beautifully printed by the Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia (more information below.) These gravures look lovely when matted and framed either for your collection or as a distinctive gift. Please ask any questions you may have before bidding or purchasing and check our other auctions for more fine art photography. DATE: 1936. PROCESS: Sheet fed gravure. IMAGE SIZE: 3.25 x 4.5 inches SHEET SIZE: 8.25 x 11.5 inches CONDITION: Very slight yellowing of the 70+ year old paper, otherwise excellent. Packaged in a clear 11x14 mylar envelope along with a stiffening sheet of 2-ply, acid-free mat board. PROVENANCE: Extracted from a vintage 1936 copy the US Camera Annual. Purchaser may print out this page to serve as a Certificate of Authenticity. PACKING / SHIPPING: All artwork smaller than 16x20 inches is carefully shipped flat and in specially designed cardboard envelopes, with stiffening material added as needed and marked Do Not Bend. RETURNS: You may return any item in the condition in which it was received within 7 days if you are not completely satisfied for any reason. In accordance with ebay policy, you pay only the return shipping charges. Notes on gravure printing: Before the widespread use of photo offset printing in the early 1940s, many photographic and fine art books and periodicals were printed using the sheet fed gravure process. This technology differs from the hand pulled gravures featured in Alfred Stieglitz’s Camera Work and made famous by artists such as Alvin Langdon Colburn and Paul Strand. In sheet fed gravures the copper printing plate used to create the image was first exposed to a ruled screen rather than being dusted with rosin to create the screen pattern (as was the case with plates to be hand printed on an etching press.) Yet the process was still based on the intaglio principal whereby the depth of impressions on the printing plate control the lightness or darkness of the image (rather than the dot pattern used in offset printing.) Sheet fed gravure also used a flexible plate that could be wrapped around the cylinder of a mechanized printing press rather the thick plate used on a flat bed etching press. Unlike offset printing, sheet fed gravure has virtually no visible screen pattern. The rotary press was also capable of laying down a heavy load of ink, resulting in extremely rich blacks. Additionally, because of the infinite range of depth of the etched wells that carried the ink, beautiful gradations in the highlight areas could be achieved. In the mid-1930s before offset printing became widespread, a number of photographic publications, including the Leica and U.S. Camera annuals, were printed in sheet fed gravure by the Beck Engraving Company, a leader in the field. Karl Blossfeltd's famous botanical images were gravure printed as were the pictorial images of Adolf Fassbender and the legendary French magazine Arts et Metiers. Bruce Parker Studio is located in Jersey City, New Jersey. We offer affordable fine art photographs including gravures, silver prints, pigment inkjet prints, platinum prints, dye transfer, and Type C prints. The studio has a complete wet process darkroom as well as digital scanning and printing facilities. Owner Bruce Parker is a expert printer and has worked in the field of fine art photography for over a half century. You may buy with confidence: we have over 1100 ebay transactions with a 100% positive feedback score. We absolutely guarantee the authenticity and stated provenance of each work we sell.
Price: 16 USD
Location: Jersey City, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-12-15T00:54:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 8 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Production Technique: Photogravure
Type: Photograph
