Tighe O'Donoghue

Dialects of Paradise I - Darker, Aquatint Etching by Tighe O'Donoghue

1979

This dynamic composition by Tighe O'Donaghue incoroporates a series of musical notes and meteors alongside animal motifs and musical instruments that adorn the stern of a sailed ship...

Tighe O'Donaghue's abstract print features a swirling pattern encircled with simple, crude linework that merges into a loose rectangle that frames the composition. Lunar Abstract T...

Tighe O'Donoghue's detailed depiction of a flower is highly reminiscent of anatomical drawings and mathematical studies due to the careful linework, detailed shading, and soft colors...

Decorated with a black-and-white pattern, the conch shell in this print by Tighe O'Donaghue bears a striking peachy interior that contrasts deeply with the teal environment surroundi...

Graham Sutherland
 Apollinaire, Le Bestiaire, 1979 Etching and aquatint Numbered 56/75
 Signature in pencil lower right 
 Image Size: 11 x 8 cm Sheet Size: 30 x 21 cm
 Edition of 75...

The illusions and reflections in Sietens prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prints have a distinctive feel all their own. The letters on the background reflect up into t...

This is a 19th century colored aquatint and stipple engraving finished by hand entitled "Silver Rock Melon", drawn and engraved by George Brookshaw and published in London in 1812 as plate 67 in his 'Pomona Britannica; or, A Collection of the Most Esteemed Fruits'. It depicts a Silver Rock Melon still on the vine, but the melon lies on a heater green mat. A wedge of the melon has been dissected to reveal its inner anatomy, including the seeds. The melon skin is a heather and light green color, while the inner portions are a light peach color. The vine and leaves are shown attractive shades of light green and there are soft yellow flowers. The plant is displayed on a light brown textured background with shadows to impart 3-dimensionality. The scene is reminiscent of an engraving in an 18th century artistically stylized human anatomy atlas. There are wide white margins. The title and inscription lies within the lower border. This striking engraving is presented in a reddish brown decorative wood frame with a darker brown scroll-work outer trim and a gold-colored inner fillet and a thick heather green mat. The frame measures 25.75" high, 21.5" wide and 1.13" deep. It is glazed with UV conservation glass. There is a short thin vertical line of discoloration in the lower margin through the word "melon" and a tiny spot in the upper margin on the left. The print and frame are otherwise in excellent condition. There is a second Brookshaw engraving that is framed in identical moulding, although a slightly different size and a different color mat. t depicts a cluster of grapes. The two prints would make a striking display pairing...

A very good impression of this extremely scarce color aquatint and etching on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered 6/20 in pencil by Nevelson.