Print of the Day!! Sat, Feb 19, 2022, is by Nicholas Dunphy (1896-1955): "Rustic Bridge in Lucas Valley...", etching, ca. 1935, proof. $425.00.
Print of the Day!! Saturday, February 19, 2022, is by American printmaker Nicholas Dunphy (1896-1955).
A work also available on the on-line exhibition at OnPaper.Art
"Rustic Bridge in Lucas Valley - Marin County", is an intaglio, an etching done around 1935 by California printmaker Nicholas Dunphy (1896-1955). The platemark measures 7-7/16 x 9-15/8 inches. This impression is pencil signed and titled by the artist in the lower margin. It was printed by the artist on an an antique-white wove paper with a watermark of "CPO" in a circle. The sheet measures 9-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches. A reference for this image is Library of Congress ascession number FP - XX - D897, no. 1 (A size) [P&P. Our inventory number for this image is 21710.
This landscape etching by California printmaker Nicholas Dunphy (1896-1955) is available from the gallery for $425.00. Contact the gallery with any condition or other questions.
Shipping costs will be discussed. California residents will have sales tax added. Out of state residents may be responsible for use tax, depending on state law.San Francisco Bay Area printmaker Nicholas Dunphy traveled north, over the Golden Gate Bridge, to Marin County for this subject, an old bridge in Lucas Valley, possibly over Miller Creek which drained into San Pablo Bay, a part of San Francisco Bay.
Lucas Valley was part of the Rancho San Pedro, Santa Margarita y Las Gallinas grant, a parcel of 21,678.69 acres awarded to Timothy (Don Timoteo) Murphy on February 14, 1844. John Lucas inherited the Santa Margarita rancho (which included Lucas Valley) in 1853.
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In 1978, film director George Lucas began acquiring land in the area for his now famous Skywalker Ranch. Coincidentally, Lucas Valley Road was named after the 19th-century rancher, John Lucas, who is not related to George Lucas.
Nicholas Dunphy was born in Seward, Nebraska on July 4, 1896, the son of a U.S. senator. Dunphy moved to Campbell, California in 1906 with his family. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Stanford University where he studied art under Henry Varnum Poor and Robert Harshe. He had further training at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco where he later became the secretary-treasurer for over 25 years.
Most of his life was spent as a resident of San Carlos while maintaining a commercial art studio in San Francisco.?Primarily an etcher, he also painted portraits and landscapes of the San Francisco Bay area. Dunphy was a member of the Calififornia Society of Etchers; Palo Alto Art Club; California Printmakers Society; Southern PrintMakers Society; San Francisco Art Association, and the Society of American Etchers. Nicholas Dunphy died in San Carlos, California on Jan. 24, 1955.
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3 年I studied printmaking in college. I have a great appreciation for the number of hours this took to achieve the gradation of whites to blacks. I hope etching on zinc plates will never become a lost art.