Untitled abstract figure by Daniel Philip Platt

Untitled abstract figure by Daniel Philip Platt

Untitled abstract figure

Daniel Philip Platt

Title

Untitled abstract figure

 
Artist

Daniel Philip Platt

  (biography)
Year
c. 1943  
Technique
engraving, soft-ground etching and grauffage 
Image Size
16 7/8 x 14 1/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
proof from an unstated edition 
Annotations
 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white wove Umbria Italia 
State
proof 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
20816 
Price
SOLD
Description

Limited information is available for Platt's career as an artist. He studied with Hayter at the Atelier in New York in the 1940s, and this abstract study illustrates his expertise in the field of experimental printmaking, both as an artist and as a craftsman.

Platt uses a number of intaglio methods to create this image, including engraving, softground etching with textures pressed into the ground and graffauge, which is a deeply engraved or bitten line that does not print and appears as a three dimensionl, embossed element in the composition.