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Kaoru Saito Sa Sanqua Mezzotint Fashion Lady Art Print

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:535.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,540.00 USD
Kaoru Saito Sa Sanqua Mezzotint Fashion Lady Art Print
This mezzotint artwork portrays a woman with flowers. The flowers appear to be held in her hands, but also take on a purely abstract decorative quality, along with her face. Artist: Kaoru Saito Title: Sa Sanqua Date: 1987 Medium: Mezzotint Signed and numbered Edition of 93 Size: 15" x 18" Condition: Excellent Retail gallery price 1000 USD Certificate of Authenticity included * This is a lovely image, and a fine mezzotint. Kaoru Saito is basically self-taught in the mezzotint process, yet he is considered to be one of its most accomplished technicians. It is an extremely difficult, labor-intensive and rarely practiced print method, including scratching hundreds, if not thousands of passes across a metal plate until the entire surface has a rough, uniform texture. The plate would print solid black if it were now run through the press. A burnishing tool is then used to rub smooth the areas which will print from gray to white. Mezzotint rewards the skilled practitioner with subtle shading and incredible graphic detail. Images in this series that include color were printed with additional, aquatint plates. Saito, now in his 70s, was born and still lives in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. *