12.9.81 by Frank Lobdell
12.9.81
Frank Lobdell
Title
12.9.81
Artist
Frank Lobdell
1921 - 2013 (biography)Year
1981
Technique
soft ground, sugarlift aquatint, and spitbite aquatint
Image Size
17 3/4 x 8 1/4" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
3 of 15
Annotations
titled "12.9.81" in lower center margin
Reference
3EP no. 9; Lobdell & Burgard, no. 39
Paper
white wove
State
published
Publisher
3EP, Palo Alto
Inventory ID
21635
Price
SOLD
Description
Frank Lobdell used a variety of intaglio methods; softground ething, sugarlift and spitbite aquatint to create this tense, dramatic composition. Lobdell, like a number of Abstract Expressionists, preferred to title his work using the date he did it rather than influence the viewer with a title.
This intaglio was printed at 3EP Ltd. in Palo Alto, California with Master Printer Ikuru Kuwahara. The press name referred to three equal partners, which were Paula Kirkeby, Mary Margaret Anderson, and Joseph Goldyne.