The Advance by Haydn Reynolds Mackey

The Advance by Haydn Reynolds Mackey

The Advance

Haydn Reynolds Mackey

Title

The Advance

 
Artist
Year
c. 1925  
Technique
linocut, colored by hand 
Image Size
5 3/16 x 5 1/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower left 
Edition Size
not stated, each impression unique. 
Annotations
initials in block in upper left 
Reference
 
Paper
extremely fine wove 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
ROEP123 
Price
SOLD
Description

Having printed his linocut in black ink, H.R.Mackey would hand colour each proof with thick opaque oil paint on the reverse of the fine transparent printed sheet. He would then apply this hand coloured proof on to a heavy oatmeal backing paper, paint surface downward. Once the printed sheet was perfectly adhered to the backing, he would trim the edges so that both sheets appear as one. The resulting effect is for the strong oil colours to show through the transparent paper of the proof print, giving the appearance of a perfectly registered multiple colour printing of the finest and most even nature.

Haydn Reynolds Mackey’s prints are consistently rare, having never been published in formal editions. It is likely that the time and difficulty involved in producing each final colour print precluded the production of these prints on a commercial scale. Mackey’s works of this nature remain some of the most striking linocuts produced in England at this time, outside the Grosvenor School.

Source: Campbell Fine Arts