Reaching to the Moon

 

Werner Drewes

  1899 - 1985 (biography)

1940  

etching and aquatint 

6 x 4" platemark 

pencil, lower right 

4/X 

inscribed 2nd st after edition; pencil inscribed with the title in the lower left corner of the paper 

Rose (intaglios) 220 

grey wove paper 

2nd state 

artist 

MCT111 

$1,200.00 

Werner Drewes’ exemplary, small-format intaglio “Reaching to the Moon” features the hallmarks of a pioneer of style and technique in mid-century printmaking: the ease with which he explores line and shape without the need for strict representation; the combination of sharp, angular texture overlaid with liquid forms; and a keen, balanced sense of composition. Drewes borrows from ancient Greek artisans in this depiction of an animal-like figure, winged, looking up at the night sky, and in doing so this 6” x 4” print becomes a small mythical tale unto itself.