Fantasy in Blue by Elyse Ashe Lord

Fantasy in Blue by Elyse Ashe Lord

Fantasy in Blue

Elyse Ashe Lord

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Title

Fantasy in Blue

 
Artist
Year
c. 1920  
Technique
color aquatint & drypoint with additional color applied via wood blocks 
Image Size
13 3/4 x 10 3/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right margin 
Edition Size
49 of 75  
Annotations
pencil editioned, lower left; titled in unidentified hand, lower right sheet edge 
Reference
 
Paper
fibrous ivory laid (hosho) 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
23802 
Price
$500.00 
Description

Elyse Ashe Lord, painter and printmaker, is well-known for her works inspired by the Far East and for her unusual, multi-layered printmaking technique, which involved a combination of etching, drypoint, aquatint and woodcut.

British art critic Malcolm Salaman commented on Lord's printing on page 2 of the "The Studio" publication "Masters of the Colour Print I - Elyse Lord" by Malcolm Salaman in 1927:

"The method was to draw the design with dry-point on a copper plate, and then, aquatinting the parts intended for colour, to paint those parts for one printing or more. Many of the early proofs were hand-wiped plate-printings, which gave clean, bright results, though comparatively harder than those of the rag-wipe used so adroitly in the later prints."

Lord lived her entire life in Britain and although her work shows a strong Asian influence, she never actually traveled the continent. Her inspiration instead came from Chinese literature, artwork and her own imagination. Her unique style uses fine drypoint lines and delicate, yet vibrant colors to create images that that have a serene, almost dreamlike quality. Lord also designed and hand-painted many of the frames used on her prints.

 

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