(Shepherd) by Lee Sturges
(Shepherd)
Lee Sturges
Title
(Shepherd)
Artist
Lee Sturges
1865 - 1954 (biography)Year
1932
Technique
drypoint
Image Size
5 15/16 x 3 7/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower center margin
Edition Size
Trial proof II
Annotations
artist name and the year are incised into the plate in the lower left
Reference
Paper
cream wove with Umbria Italy watermark
State
proof
Publisher
Inventory ID
22068
Price
SOLD
Description
Inventor/printmaker Lee Sturges (1865-1954) is best known for his landscape prints. He used drypoint to create this composition, incising directly on the copper plate with a needle and not using any acid to further bite the line, retaining the spontaneity of drawing. The line created by the ink of the "burr" helps emphasize the softness of the hair of the subject.
Sturges creates a "portrait" of this shepherd that does not portray its stoic nobility but more the dog that owners know, with its tongue hanging out, probably drooling, trying to cool off.