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Catalogue drypoint carborundum

Pear, solo, DC.68.3

DC.68.3

Pear, solo

DC.68.3 — drypoint carborundum print on paper, 24,8 × 19,5 cm, 2016

Pear, solo (DC.68) is a 2016 drypoint carborundum print on paper, 24,8 × 19,5 cm, printed from a zinc plate. This single pear is part of the Rembrandt studies. The point was to find out how to put roundness and shadow in.

The plate was pulled in 3 impressions in ochre and umber-ochre. Each sheet is inked by hand; no two impressions are the same object.

Impression DC.68.3 printed in umber-ochre is available.

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