Donald Saff: Fables: Hand Colored Etchings

Title

en_US Donald Saff: Fables: Hand Colored Etchings

Description

en_US Hartmut Krämer

Creator

en_US Saff, Donald See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Saff, Donald

Date

2016-01-25T19:50:37Z

en_US 2003-01

en_US 1979

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:50:37Z

Date Issued

en_US 1979

Abstract

en_US This little (4½ x 7¼) book is a curiosity. I bought it on the basis of its title and subtitle. Imagine my surprise when it arrived! It is a black-and-white catalogue of an exhibition of twenty-nine hand-colored prints by Donald Saff. The silver front cover features a colored print of Our Lady of Sarcasm (print #4). To judge from it, I believe that the engravings would gain a lot from being seen in color. Several of the engravings work off of traditional fables, like The Wolf Who Cried 'Seagull' and The Man Who Cried 'Grapes.' Many more have titles in the form of fable titles. Among these areThe Seal and the Seal; The Elephant and the Mirror (which appears twice, marked by I and II); The Toucan and the Archetype; The Kob and the Dental Mirror; The Zebra and the Wind; and The Gucci Boot and the Bug. The Wolf Who Cried 'Seagull' is among the most engaging of these works for me. The wolf and a human being share a single eye. Someone has written Prints on the print on the front cover. The Seal and the Seal plays on different meanings of seal. Do not buy this book again!

Identifier

en_US 6116 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81523

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Getler/Pall Gallery

en_US New York

Subject

en_US NE2012.S2 A4 1979 See all items with this value

en_US Art catalogue See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole