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Warehouse at Night: P.41-2007

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Warehouse at Night

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Evans, Merlyn Oliver
Printer: Gresham, Kip
Publisher: The Estate of Merlyn Oliver Evans

Entities

Categories

Place(s) associated

  • Cambridge (Cambs.)

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007) by The Print Studio, Cambridge

Dating

Production date: AD 2006

Note

Edition size 25 (restrikes). Zinc plate approx. 2mm thick. Wax covering, wrapped in glassine and tissue, a layer of soft gound under rewax removed to reveal two oxidization marks top left. Printed edition: drypoint has marked sfumato which points to probability plate only printed a few times previously and could benefit from light retroussage. Printed with squeegee applied ink, scrim wiped end to end/side to side with dirty scrim. Light circular wipe with clean scrim, tissue wiped to medium plate tone, spot wipe edges (rough with file marks), not burnished back so edges wiped with clean cloth then polish. Run with hot plate at 35 degrees, paper dampened for 2 days then thoroughly blotted. changed tissue 3 times

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Coloured ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper ( English Whatman 140lb Ivory hand made paper 1960 - from artist's own store. Torn and deckle edges)
Plate Height 410 mm Width 510 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching : On zinc. Pepperpot aquatint, spattered spot-out spit gite, some burnishing centre and bottom.
Aquatint
Drypoint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.41-2007
Primary reference Number: 160913
Erskine [Evans]: 50
Evans: 68

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 January 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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