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Elephant - pl. I from Bestiaire portfolio by Abram Krol

Elephant - pl. I from Bestiaire portfolio by Abram Krol

Elephant - pl. I from Bestiaire portfolio

Abram Krol

Title

Elephant - pl. I from Bestiaire portfolio

 
Artist

Abram Krol

  1919 - 2001 (biography)
Year
1955  
Technique
burin engraving with woodblock, printed in 2 colors 
Image Size
10 1/16 x 7 3/16" platemark 
Signature
monogram in plate, lower left 
Edition Size
from portfolio no. 87 of 110 
Annotations
numbered "I" in the plate, lower center 
Reference
Bestiaire, 
Paper
thick, textured Auvergne wove made by Moulin Richard de Bas 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
24232 
Price
SOLD
Description

A portion of the colophon from this portfolio, which was published by the artist, is loosely translated from the French as: "This engraved bestiary consists of 15 cut-out burins by Abram Krol and is preceded by a text extracted from the Proprietatibus Rerum ("On the Order of Things") of Barthelemy de Glanvil, known as Bartholomaeus Anglicus, translated by Jehan Corbichon in 1372 and established after the edition of Jehan Cyber published in Lyon in 1486."

Each animal is embossed into the paper from a shaped plate or block, which has been lightly inked in a pale golden brown, and engraved lines and textures simply - but effectively - provide each creature with unique charictaristics, as with this African bush elephant.