The Rainmaker (Rainmaker)

 

Bernard Childs

  1910 - 1985 (biography)

1955  

power tool and burin engraving 

6 7/8 x 12 3/4" platemark 

pencil, lower left 

35 of 35  

pencil dated after signature & titled; also inscribed in lower right corner of the paper: "Imprime par l'auteur" 

 

ivory Arches wove 

published 

artist 

JC162 

SOLD

"Rainmaker," one of Childs' most exhibited color intaglios, was originally commissioned by Contemporary Gallery in New York. The gallery owner, Margaret Lowengrund, died before the payment was made and the prints were returned to the artist by the estate.

Childs used a copper plate which he engraved with power drills, burrs, saws and a burin. He referred to this as a "power dry point." The color was achieved with four inks that were printed in a single pass. Colors will vary slightly from impression to impression.

"Rainmaker" was done in an edition of 35 plus a number of artist's proofs and trial proofs. It is illustrated in a number of publications.