etchings john shirlow introduction sydney (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original pictorial wrappers over plain boards. Spine strip slightly cracked and top edge tanned, else very good, tight binding. Endpapers tanned, light foxing here and there mostly to frontmatter, all etchings clean and clear. First edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1917. We think this is the first Australian book produced by the intaglio process. 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Complete list of etchings by John Shirlow: leaves [27]-[28]. A finely produced book of etchings, mainly of Melbourne scenes, by Shirlow who "revived the art of etching in Australia." Scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. Year 1917. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> The characteristic quality of John Shirlow's etchings is their strong masculine individuality. His subjects are seen broadly and simply-often in two tones only. His foregrounds have that depth of tone only obtainable with very deep biting. Shirlow handles a copper-plate courageously, and there is rarely any evidence of hesitancy in his work. He has worked out every problem himself with the same untiring spirit with which he built his own press and manu-factured his etching tools. It is typical of the man that he avoids the gene-rally accepted way of making an etching. There exists a "Shirlow" method of making little notes from nature simple, almost crude, pencil sketches with numbers marked all over them to indicate the strength of tones ultimately required; but, while they may remain "quaint" to the casual observer, to John Shirlow they are part of an elaborate, preconceived plan of transferring nature's moods to his plate. Invariably he works direct on the copper out of doors, and rev.

Angus & Robertson LTD, publishers to the University, Sidney, 1917, 20,5 x 13 cm. First edition od this early book on the graphical works of John Shirlow. Illustrated hardcover. Small stains on the margins, not in the etchings. Covers damaged but finely repaired. Goood condition. 1 volume volumes.