Forest

 

Valerie Thornton

  1931 - 1991 (biography)

c. 1955  

open bite etching 

14 5/8 x 7 5/8" platemark 

pencil lower right 

not stated 

pencil title, artist's proof 

 

cream wove rag 

 

 

13618 

SOLD

Thornton's "Forest", created around the time when she was studying at the Atelier 17 in Paris, is nearly three dimensional via the use of open-bite etching. Later in her career, Thornton would become known for her architectural studies and cityscapes, and the textures she coaxed from the plates in her careful process. For information on the artist, please see our biography, above.