Anne Walker

Leaf - Original Etching by Anne Walker - Late 20th Century

Late 1900

Cerne Abbas, Giant, Tump is a colored etching on rosaspina Fabriano watermarked paper, realized in 1976 by the English pop artist, Joe Tilson. Image dimension: 38.5x18 cm. Hand-signed, dated and numbered in pencil on lower margin. Edition of 100 prints. In excellent conditions. From the Wessex Portfolio, a collection of seven etchings with aquatint and six screenprinted poems on rosaspina paper by Joe Tilson. This contemporary original print represents the Cerne Abbas giant, the figure carved on the slope of a steep hill. This giant naked man is located in England, near the village of Cerne Abbas, north of Dorchester, in Dorset. The engraving, 55 meters high and 51 wide, is formed by a trench 30 cm wide, 30 cm deep, made by tearing the grass and digging the earth up to the underlying plaster. In the right hand the giant holds a 37 meter long club. Composed by three different etchings, each olf these titled on the right margin, this is a very interesting contemporary artwork not to be missed for your home collection! A copy of the same print is preserved at the Tate Gallery. Joe Tilson (London, 1928 -) The English sculptor and painter was trained at St. Martin's School of Art and at the Royal College of Art in London. Obtained the Prix de Rome (1955), it was in Italy until 1957; later he taught in various English art schools...

Planetary System - From Nuovo atlante di geografia universale is an original print realized in 1820 by Luigi Rossi. Original black and white etching. Prin...