Here Dick by James Budd Dixon

Here Dick by James Budd Dixon

Here Dick

James Budd Dixon

Title

Here Dick

 
Artist
Year
1948  
Technique
etching 
Image Size
8 13/16 x 11 7/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
3/? presumed under 10 
Annotations
pencil titled, dated and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
Warren's Olde Style antique-white wove 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
19289 
Price
SOLD
Description
James Budd Dixon pulled this etching in 1948 and numbered it 3 from an unknown edition. Considering the time it is unlikely he pulled more than a few proof impressions, no more than 10. Later that year Dixon participated in the "Drawings" portfolio. The term for the American movement "Abstract Expressionism" was coined in 1946, making this perhaps the first true "Abstract Expressionist" portfolio in the U.S. Dixon used this etching to draw an image for one of the 2 offset lithographs he did for this portfolio. Because the portfolio was printed using an offset press, the image printed the same way it was drawn, unlike the etching, which printed in reverse of the plate.