If I had known I was going to print so many of these scultpures from the Getty, I would have have better documented their subject/title(s). This is either Dionysus or Poseidon. (UPDATE: my resourceful sources tell me this is actually a sculpture of Hermes, messenger to the gods. Thanks,B!) Maybe I should just call it Man with Big Squared-Off Beard, since that is what drew me to snap a picture of this piece.
This print is a monotype printed in black etching ink with the blue background tapped onto the plate and just a tiny bit of detail added with watercolor.
Above is the plate ready to be printed. Below is the print being pulled from the plate.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Dionysus, Poseidon?... Hermes!
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Man, this is stunning. The shadows' depth -- the color -- all perfectly rendered. Good job!
Alas, my good friend, you have done a portrait of Hermes, and it is a very good one, indeed.
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