#1 by Jack Jefferson
#1
Jack Jefferson
Title
#1
Artist
Jack Jefferson
1920 - 2000 (biography)Year
1984
Technique
aquatint with softground and drypoint
Image Size
16 1/2 x 12" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
10 of 42
Annotations
pencil titled, editioned & dated
Reference
Paper
ivory Rives BFK
State
published
Publisher
made in California, with the embossed chop in the lower right corner of paper
Inventory ID
MASC187
Price
$1,200.00
Description
A sense of strength and quietude is often found in the work of Jack Jefferson. A noted Bay Area Abstract Expressionist who studied and taught at the California School of Fine Arts (which during his tenure became the San Francisco Art Intitute) he is among the students whose work is synonymous with the West Coast's contribution to the genre.
Jefferson uses aquatint to produce soft, layered tonality in this non-representational work. Done after his retirement from teaching, Jefferson had entered a period of prolific artistic exploration and frequently presented his works in suites, denoting a particular evolution of style. This work is the first image in "Nine Works: Number Suite, 1984 - 1992".