Susanville Sunrise by Byron McClintock
Susanville Sunrise
Byron McClintock
Title
Susanville Sunrise
Artist
Byron McClintock
1930 - 2022 (biography)Year
2003
Technique
color mezzotint, roulette and drypoint
Image Size
11 1/2 x 10 5/8" " platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
3 of 12
Annotations
dated, lower right
Reference
Paper
Rives BFK Heavyweight
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
BYMC127
Price
SOLD
Description
This color mezzotint by Byron McClintock titles this abstracted landscape "Susanville Sunrise". Susanville, originally called 'Rooptown', is a city of around 18,000 residents located on the Susan River in Lassen County in Northeastern California. Susanville originally was a mining and logging town but now is home to two state prisons, its main source of income.
Oregon born and now Portland resident, printmaker/painter Byron McClintock was an important part of the abstract expressionist movement in San Francisco in the 1950s. His printmaking was re-discovered in the early 1990's by New York AbEx print collector Charles Dean. Byron began working in printmaking again, this time using color mezzotint, roulette and drypoint.