Print of the Day!! Tues, June 22, 2021, by Holly Downing (b. 1948): "Vanishing XI (Bay Checkerspot Butterfly", colored mezzotint, 2020, 2/25. $150.00
Print of the Day!! Tuesday, June 22, 2021, is by American printmaker Holly Downing (born 1948). Celebrating 50 Years of Fine Art Dealing
"Vanishing XI (Bay Checkerspot Butterfly", is an intaglio, a hand-colored mezzotint by California printmaker Holly Downing, (born 1948). The platemark measures 2-15/16 x 2-15/16." This impression is pencil signed, titled, dated,and editioned "2/25" by the artist and was printed by the artist in her studio on a sheet of antique-white wove Rives BFK paper that measures 11-1/4 x 10". Our inventory number for this colored mezzotint is HD228. There are other impressions from the edition available.
The price of this hand-colored mezzotint by Holly Downing (born 1948) is $150.00.
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.This hand-colored mezzotint is from a series of prints Holly Downing has been doing featuring vanishing species, in this case, invertebrates. Each impression is printed in black and then hand-colored by the artist. There may be slight variations between impressions.
The striking Bay Checkerspot is a butterfly endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area and is threatened. The caterpillars eat only dwarf plantain and purple owl's clover, both of which grow only in serpentine soils, which are high in magnesium and heavy metals, and low in nutrients such as nitrogen. Increased carbon dioxide from traffic has altered the soils these plants depend upon. Downing achieves the sense of something that is at once important and ephemeral; as much immortal in its significance as it is teetering on a precipice.
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