Shark In the Wave by Edgar Dorsey Taylor

Shark In the Wave by Edgar Dorsey Taylor

Shark In the Wave

Edgar Dorsey Taylor

Title

Shark In the Wave

 
Artist
Year
1969  
Technique
woodcut 
Image Size
14 1/4 x 19" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
proof, edition not stated 
Annotations
Hand Printed Proof 
Reference
"Baja California Woodcuts" Plantin Press 1969 p. vii 
Paper
hosho paper 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
8347 
Price
SOLD
Description

This image was included in Taylor's portfolio "Baja California Woodcuts." A book of the same title illustrating the 53 woodcuts from this series was published by Plantin Press in Los Angeles in 1969 in a limited edition of 540.

"Shark In the Wave" is used as the one of the three frontispieces in the book "Baja California Woodcuts" and is the third of 53 woodcuts created for the series. Though he comments on the 50 prints in the portfolio, the 3 frontispieces, "Bird Roost, Puertecitos", "Shark in the Wave" and "Crabs, Punta San Jacinto" that accompany his forward are not specifically addressed.

Taylor depicts a large Hammerhead shark, visible in a wave off the shore of Punta San Jacinto, Baja, Mexico, a major surfing area. The shark appears almost as a ghost, ominous yet majestic.