Lot 231
KATE DOWNIE (SCOTTISH 1958-) §
THE SUGARBOND WAREHOUSE - 1997-98
£278
Contemporary & Post-War Art // Prints & Multiples
Auction: Prints & Multiples: 04 April 2023 | From 16:00
Description
Etching and aquatint with monotype, A/P, signed, dated and editioned in pencil
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Footnote
Note: On her website, the artist discusses the inspiration and technique in this work: This work was developed during a printmaking residency at Lowick House in Cumbria. Much of my art towards the end of the last century was based on this industrial corner of Leith in Edinburgh. Like all the best city rivers, the Water of Leith flows through from pastoral to post industrial in seconds, and this is a particularly interesting section of that river. The embedded monoprint within each of these etching relates to the billboard dreams that glow even in the murkiest places. The contrasting subject has its echo in the contrasting intaglio versus relief printing methods. The edition is variable as each monoprint had to be remade, though the steel plate surround is a constant.
