Augusta Rathbone (1897-1990)
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"Desolation Valley" circa 1930. Color aquatint and etching.
Edition: 1/20 stated. Signed in pencil, Augusta Rathbone, lower right. Title from published sources.
Image: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (317 x 247 mm). Sheet: 20 x 13 inches (507 x 329 mm).
References: Brokl 1984:6-7; discussed and illustrated in Acton 1990:108-109 and Seaton 2006:210-211.
Inventory ID: 1045
Image: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (317 x 247 mm). Sheet: 20 x 13 inches (507 x 329 mm).
References: Brokl 1984:6-7; discussed and illustrated in Acton 1990:108-109 and Seaton 2006:210-211.
Inventory ID: 1045
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Very good condition. Good full margins. Printed on unidentified pink wove paper. A partial watermark in script displays only "Am...." Two versions of this print exist, "Desolation Valley" (seen here) and "Dick's Peak - Dawn - Sierra Nevada, California" (click here to see that print), were both produced in very small editions and both printed from the same plate. The first version, Desolation Valley (seen here), was created while California artist Augusta Rathbone was living in France circa 1930, and was printed in the Paris shop of master printer Alfred Porcabeuf (1895-1946?). According to information in Brokl (1984), Acton (1990), and Seaton (2006), Rathbone would deliver her plates to Porcabeuf, whereupon the printing of images would be discussed but would be printed in the absence of the artist and without her active participation. In the case of this print, Porcabeuf did not believe Rathbone's interpretation of granite as pink, he knew that granite was blue, and set about printing the plate in its predominant blue colors. Perhaps as a concession to Rathbone's original input the printer used a slightly pink toned paper.
In the late 1930's, as the threat of war worsened, Rathbone returned to California with her printing plates in toe. On her return she began to learn to print her own images. Dick's Peak is from the second printing in the United States. In the second, and final version, the artist is in full control of the printing, including the choice of paper, impression, edition size, and most importantly the colors. We now see the pink granite as originally intended.
Dick's Peak, elevation 9,974 ft (3,040 m), is part of the Desolation Wilderness area located in California just west of Lake Tahoe, it approximates the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Very good condition. Good full margins. Printed on unidentified pink wove paper. A partial watermark in script displays only "Am...." Two versions of this print exist, "Desolation Valley" (seen here) and "Dick's Peak - Dawn - Sierra Nevada, California" (click here to see that print), were both produced in very small editions and both printed from the same plate. The first version, Desolation Valley (seen here), was created while California artist Augusta Rathbone was living in France circa 1930, and was printed in the Paris shop of master printer Alfred Porcabeuf (1895-1946?). According to information in Brokl (1984), Acton (1990), and Seaton (2006), Rathbone would deliver her plates to Porcabeuf, whereupon the printing of images would be discussed but would be printed in the absence of the artist and without her active participation. In the case of this print, Porcabeuf did not believe Rathbone's interpretation of granite as pink, he knew that granite was blue, and set about printing the plate in its predominant blue colors. Perhaps as a concession to Rathbone's original input the printer used a slightly pink toned paper.
In the late 1930's, as the threat of war worsened, Rathbone returned to California with her printing plates in toe. On her return she began to learn to print her own images. Dick's Peak is from the second printing in the United States. In the second, and final version, the artist is in full control of the printing, including the choice of paper, impression, edition size, and most importantly the colors. We now see the pink granite as originally intended.
Dick's Peak, elevation 9,974 ft (3,040 m), is part of the Desolation Wilderness area located in California just west of Lake Tahoe, it approximates the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
