Dream of Worship
VON ESSEN, Hein
Droom der Aanbidden (original Dutch title) Etching and aquatint printed on thick tan wove paper.Two states, one without the background of the sun’s...
View full detailsEach old work of art has stories to reveal. In addition to esthetics, that is what draws is to art from the past. When I started working for Richard Reed Armstrong Fine Art in 1998 most everything was sold at in-person shows or over the phone. All our sales were predicated on an exchange of stories. Today more than half the sales happen online, without much conversation at all. In an effort to share my side of the story, I have been adding short comments about what I see in a work of art I list online. Increasingly, when you click on an image that intrigues you, you will find at least some context about that particular work. Here are a few such works.
Droom der Aanbidden (original Dutch title) Etching and aquatint printed on thick tan wove paper.Two states, one without the background of the sun’s...
View full detailsColor woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on laid Japan paper, 1922 (?).No other impression is known of this print ...
View full detailsLithograph on thin wove paper, 1921. Reference: Mason 79.Printed by Bolton Brown, as is seemingly the case of the whole edition.Edition of 45, scar...
View full detailsWoodcut printed on very thin Japan paper, no date. There is no stated edition, and this print may very well be a unique impression. Signed and ti...
View full detailsColor woodcut or woodblock print on Japan laid paper, no date. There seems to be no stated edition for this print. Likely from a small group of col...
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