Evening Wing by Don LaViere Turner
Evening Wing
Don LaViere Turner
Title
Evening Wing
Artist
Don LaViere Turner
1929 - 1997 (biography)Year
1960
Technique
etching with woodcut overprints
Image Size
8 3/8 x 10 7/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
edition of 75 plus proofs
Annotations
titled, dated and noted: final proof
Reference
artist's inventory list: intaglio 59 (illustrated in color)
Paper
heavy wove paper
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
14713
Price
$400.00
Description
The influence of German Surrealism is evident in this highly detailed etching by Don LaViere Turner, combining a precise intricacy of execution with an intentional obfuscation of the subject and meaning. Textures that allude to fur or feathers weave themselves into something wild and alive, and the partially obscured form of a jawbone, complete with teeth, appears in bright contrast from beneath the mysterious form.
To create the color, Turner printed woodcuts in pale yellow and blue over the etching in a soft pattern that suggests an evening sky. Aquatint in the upper right is speckled to suggest, perhaps, the arrival of stars.