Dorsey Potter Tyson Signed and Numbered Etching Hand Colored in Original Decorative Asian Style Frame Title Jade Market Dated 1931
Dorsey Potter Tyson Signed and Numbered Etching Hand Painted with Original Asian Decorated Frame Title Jade Market 1931 Edition of 81/100.
Dorsey Potter Tyson:
American printmaker 1900-1971
Online biography of the artist "was born in Maryland; however, much of D.P.Tyson’s market was in England. His prints sold alongside those of the Elyse Ashe Lord, riding on the wave of popularity for the Art Deco style which was in vogue at the time. Like Elyse Lord, Dorsey Potter Tyson drew his inspiration from a wide range of oriental sources and like Lord, his art was essentially decorative in nature.
Dorsey Potter Tyson's highly decorative original colour prints appear, at first glance, to be colour printed etchings, which have then been extensively coloured by hand. They are in fact, the result of skilful colour printing alone, using a technique which effectively combines the printing of a normal etching simultaneously with that of printing a monotype. The lines of the etched design, which compose the basic image art inked with black printer's ink, and the surface of the plate is then cleaned in the manner used for printing a normal monochrome etching. Thick, coloured printer’s inks are then painted onto the surface of the plate using a brush as though painting a plate for a monotype printing; the proof is then printed at one pull through the press. This is a very time-consuming method of colour printmaking, but the results are striking and extremely decorative."
The woodblock is in it's original hand decorated and painted Asian style frame, the edition is numbered in pencil 81/100 and is signed in pencil by the artist. The plate is also signs with the artist name DP Tyson and date of 4-31. Pleas see the detail of this area.
Title is Jade Market
The two man hold and are selling jade beads and presenting them to high standing wealthy women. Both the women are hand decorated and painted making them stand out.
The etching is fully decorated and painted by the artist.
Size: The Frame is 16.75 x 19.25 inches
The Mat is 12.5 x 10.25 inches
*note: I have not taken the art out of it's original frame and the mat is original to the piece. There are no signs the piece has ever been removed from the frame and or the mat as ever been replaced. Please see the details.
Condition: the frame has signs of age with slight bumps and marks to the edge. The frame's glue is slightly separating at the seams. Please see the images. The etching is very fine with some toning to the page but is constant to the age and type of paper used.
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