Mystic Bridge by Lawrence Murray Heyman

Mystic Bridge by Lawrence Murray Heyman

Mystic Bridge

Lawrence Murray Heyman

Title

Mystic Bridge

 
Artist
Year
c. 1965  
Technique
color viscosity intaglio (simultaneous color print) 
Image Size
15 11/16 x 19 3/4" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
85 of 100  
Annotations
pencil titled and editioned 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory Rives watermarked wove 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
23512 
Price
SOLD
Description

The stylistic imprint of Krishna Reddy and Atelier 17 appears in Lawrence Heyman’s “Mystic Bridge,” an expansive, radiant image that captures the colliding elements of the natural and manmade worlds. A suspension bridge crosses a shimmering body of water, cut through with fiery red and luminescent turquoise. A moon or fog-filtered sun dots the upper left quadrant of the sheet, echoing the fascination with celestial bodies that often appeared in mid-century experimental printmaking - perhaps owing to their natural radiance and the equally natural allowance of such texture created by the use of color viscosity printmaking.