1769057

Mel Hunter, "Barn Owls" #1769057

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Mel Hunter,  Barn Owls  #1769057
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Very rare original signed lithograph! Part of small editions group that have long been sold out to collectors all over the world!</em></td>
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"H.C. Barn Owls Mel Hunter 1975" signed, titled, and dated in graphite.

Mel Hunter made beautiful original hand-drawn lithographs for well over twenty years. Coming into the print field from a long career as a magazine and book illustrator, primarily of scientific and technical subjects, he mastered the techniques of traditional stone lithography, producing fifty-three such editions, many of them in many colors. Almost all of these have long been sold out to collectors all over the world. Mel introduced what has come to be known as Mylar Method of original lithography, a fusion of the best characteristics of stone printing and more modern materials and procedures. This method has since spread to artists and printers around the world. The lithographic editions were created by the artist directly from hand-drawn, overlapping and dove-tailing images drawn on sheets of Mylar; a separate drawing for each color. The completed image emerged for the first time as each color came from the press since there was no prior painting or sketch as guide. The edition completed, Mel personally destroyed the printing masters and cut up all but one of the Mylar drawings. Usually only the black key drawing was saved for his collection. It cannot be used to duplicate the edition.
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#: 052</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1975</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:22</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Mel Hunter, "Barn Owls"</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Boca Raton, Florida</td></tr>
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