Four Part Shape Theme by Benjamin Leroy Wigfall
Four Part Shape Theme
Benjamin Leroy Wigfall
Title
Four Part Shape Theme
Artist
Benjamin Leroy Wigfall
1930 - 2017 (biography)Year
1971
Technique
mixed technique collagraph
Image Size
21 1/2 x 19 3/16" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
Artist's color state proof, never editioned
Annotations
pencil titled, dated and annotated "Artist Proof".
Reference
Paper
aged, antique-white Arches wove with watermark
State
i/i
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
20943
Price
SOLD
Description
African-American printmaker Benjamin Leroy Wigfall studied printmaking at Yale University with Gabor Peterdi. He got his M.A. and spent many years teaching at the State University of New York (SUNY) in New Paltz.
Benjamin Wigfall cut this plate into the heart-like shape and used various intaglio techniques to create a universe within the form, including adding elements to the surface of the plate to create three dimensional areas. He printed this proof in black, others were printed in colors. He did not edition this image.