The Matador (from the portfolio 'Cards of Life, Cards of Death') by Ted Davies

The Matador (from the portfolio Cards of Life, Cards of Death) by Ted Davies

The Matador (from the portfolio 'Cards of Life, Cards of Death')

Ted Davies

Title

The Matador (from the portfolio 'Cards of Life, Cards of Death')

 
Artist

Ted Davies

  1928 - 1993 (biography)
Year
1962  
Technique
Color woodcut with gold leaf 
Image Size
13 7/16 x 7 15/16" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
artist's proof, outside the edition of 60 
Annotations
titled, editioned and dated in the lower margin. 
Reference
 
Paper
laid Japanese hosho 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
19506 
Price
SOLD
Description
"The Matador" is one of 25 color woodcuts done by Ted Davis between 1962 and 1967 which he published both individually and as a portfolio titled 'Cards of Life, Cards of Death.' He based the portfoio on a pinochle deck. Each print was intended to carry a "recognizable narrative and formative images, which are symbolic in many ways which tradition has associated with the particular card." "The Matador" was connected to the Jack of Spades in Davies' deck. Below is a link to a website for the series: http://www.teddavies.com/cards-of-life-cards-of-death-1962-1967/46107