Gardiens

 

Pierre Courtin

  1921 - 2012 (biography)

1958  

burin engraving on zinc with hand applied inks 

8 5/8 x 4 1/2" platemark 

lower right pencil 

only four proofs, 2-4 

pencil titled and dated Avril 1958 

Riviere 282 

heavily textured wove 

only known state 

artist 

20547 

$800.00 

Done at mid career "Gardiens" is one from a series of experimental prints Courtin did for which he only printed a few proofs, in this case 4. He uses the application of a white ink over black to achieve this mystical, surreal composition done in almost three dimensions and printed on a soft, malable antique-white hand made paper. This dimensionality becomes his trademark after 1950 when he began to experiment with sculptural printmaking.