Boboli Improvisation by Kathryn Metz
Boboli Improvisation
Kathryn Metz
Title
Boboli Improvisation
Artist
Kathryn Metz
1932 - 2018 (biography)Year
1985
Technique
color lithograph
Image Size
11 7/16 x 15 9/16" image size
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
Artist's proof
Annotations
pencil titled lower left, editioned lower center
Reference
Paper
warm white wove
State
proof
Publisher
Inventory ID
KM114
Price
$225.00
Description
Printmaker-teacher Kathryn (Kay) Metz was able to work both with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris learning intaglio and with master lithography printer Robert Blackburn in New York. The connections to these two collaborative print studios manifest themselves in her work in her abstract imagery, use of color and technical mastery of the plate.
Because of her long teaching career Kay Metz has not been involved in creating work for the market and her editions tend to be very small, if the work is even editioned.
"Boboli Improvisation" uses the planographic techniques of color lithography done using three plates. The overlapping of color inks create others and the image comes alive with color.
Metz did a series of prints in different media inspired by the gardens of Boboli, a park in Florence, Italy that covers 111 acres. It is located behind the Pitti Palace and was created in the 16th century.