Homage to Charles Dean by Byron McClintock
Homage to Charles Dean
Byron McClintock
Title
Homage to Charles Dean
Artist
Byron McClintock
1930 - 2022 (biography)Year
2003
Technique
mezzotint, drypoint and roulette
Image Size
10 1/2 x 9 3/8" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right margin
Edition Size
5 of 12
Annotations
dated and editioned in pencil
Reference
Paper
Rives BFK Heavy weight with watermark
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
BYMC133
Price
$850.00
Description
Oregon born printmaker/painter Byron McClintock was an important part of the Abstract Expressionist movement in San Francisco, California 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.
The Whitney Museum in New York purchased a few of his prints and hung them in a "Recent Acquisitions" exhibition. At Dean's urging McClintock traveled from Portland, Oregon to New York in 2004 to see his work hanging at the Whitney, his first trip to New York.
This image was done as a tribute to Dean, who McClintock credited with reviving both his interest in printmaking and in his career.