Nautile III

 

Isabelle Proust

  1963 - PRESENT (biography)

2016  

drypoint and monotype 

10 7/8 x 8 7/16" platemark 

pencil signed with the artist's cypher in lower right 

unnumbered but a unique printing 

titled Nautile III in lower margin; inscribed in pencil along lower sheet edge: "Nautilus" III, 2016, drypoint monoprint by Isabelle Proust 

 

very fine, white wove Japanese 

published 

artist 

ISPR116 

$350.00 

French-born Isabelle Proust was trained as a photographer and developed an interest in European frescos, which inspired her imagery in other media. Nautile III is a drypoint, an intaglio made unique by layering colors on the plate or touching inks to the surface of the printed image. The colors add to the ethereal quality of the image, an image where a female form emerges from the large nautilus shell suggesting life springing forth from the ocean depths.