VTG Herb Ritts Print Estelle Sonoma Glamour Photogravure Photo 1987 Mat 16x20

Description: Vintage Print: VP257897 Herb Ritts Print Estelle Sonoma Glamour Photogravure Photo 16x20 Print Method: Photogravure(Heliogravure, sheet fed photogravure, lithograph) Color / B&W: Black & White Print Year: 1988 Origin: Germany Orientation: Portrait Image Height: 14.02 ins. Image Width: 10.71 ins. (New) Mount & Mat Board: 100% Cotton, Acid Free, Museum Grade Mount Board. Mount Height: 20.0 ins. Mount Width: 16.0 ins. Standard Frame: 16 by 20 Frame Ready The mount size for print VP257897 is a standard frame size 16.0 ins wide x 20.0 ins high, which allows you to save money on expensive, custom framing. Please note: this print is also fully matted, making it genuinely frame ready (Although we cannot change the size of the print, if you prefer a different size mount to fit a particular frame size, please contact us before ordering. No charge). The mount and mat are brand new. Artist: Herb Ritts BIO Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1952 Died: 2002 Wikipedia " ... Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975 ... " Famous Photographers " ... Between 1980s and 1990s, Herb Ritts photographed many renowned personalities from various fields like politics, acting, music and etc. These celebrities included Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Ronald Reagan, Belinda Carlisle, Cher, Brad Pitt, Francesco Clemente, Nicole Kidman, Elton John, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stephen Hawking, Dalai Lama, Mel Gibson, Edward Norton, Elton John, Antonio Banderas, Jack Nicholson, David Bowie, Cindy Crawford, Tina Turner, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, and Annette Bening. He also took several nude and fashion photographs of supermodel Cindy Crawford ... " Herb Ritts Foundation " ... In his life and work, Herb Ritts was drawn to clean lines and strong forms. This graphic simplicity allowed his images to be read and felt instantaneously. His work often challenged conventional notions of gender or race. Social history and fantasy were both captured and created by his memorable photographs of noted individuals in film, fashion, music, politics, and society ... " Artnet " ... His work has been exhibited in numerous museums, such as the Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain in Paris, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles, CA, the National Portrait Gallery and the Hayward Gallery in London, and PS1 Contemporary Art Center, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, NY. Several of his works have also been acquired by The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA ... " Vintage Photo Prints Our Store With an online database of more than 17,000 photographers, Vintage Photo Prints has been serving art collectors around the globe since 1982. Visit our store to browse our latest daily arrivals in the gallery. More items in the "Portrait" category Photogravure Process Photogravure Etching Process (Conservation Wiki) " ... A copper plate is dusted with resin powder, then the plate is heated to melt the resin, creating aquatint grain pattern. A thin tissue is coated with gelatin, then sensitized with dichromate. When this tissue is exposed to light in contact with a positive image, gelatin in the area that receives more light (highlights) becomes more insoluble to water copper plate by pressing the gelatin side of the tissue against the plate. The plate is, then washed with warm water to remove soluble gelatin, leaving a thicker layer in highlights and the area with thicker layer. The rest is identical to any intaglio printing process. The plate is inked, depositing more ink in the deeply etched areas and less in shallowly etched areas, thus creating tonal range, then printed on paper as positive image ... "Photogravure Quality (Wikipedia) " ... Photogravure registers a wide variety of tones, through the transfer of etching ink from an etched copper plate to special dampened paper run through an etching press. The unique tonal range comes from photogravure's variable depth of etch, that is, the shadows are etched many times deeper than the highlights. Unlike half-tone processes which vary the size of dot, the depth of ink wells is varied in a photogravure plate. The human eye resolves these fine variations into a continuous tone image ... " EXTRA FINE COLLECTOR CONDITION PRINT with BRAND NEW, professionally dry-mounted MOUNT AND MAT with archival, museum grade, 16.0 ins wide x 20.0 ins high mount board. Vintage Print: VP257897 is a GENUINE HERB RITTS, PHOTOGRAVURE. It is NOT a copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PRINT made in 1988, ready for a standard 16 by 20 frame, Image size: 10.71 ins wide x 14.02 ins high. GALLERY CERTIFIED with SECURITY ID. Collector Info Authenticity Vintage Print: VP257897 is a genuine Photogravure print. It is not a modern copy of any kind nor a digital reprint. It is an authentic vintage print made in 1988. Rear Mounted Label The print mount comes with a label fixed to the reverse side of the archival mount-board. The label contains the information needed to confirm the authenticity of the print. There is a QR code on the label which you can scan to go directly to your database page without having to enter the vintage id. The label has a Gallery Security ID. The Security ID on the COA matches the Security ID on the label. Certificate of Authenticity Vintage Print: VP257897 comes with a signed letter certifying its authenticity. The letter also contains a copy of the label from the back of the print mount (see above) and a matching Security ID. Watermark The VPP watermark in the Ebay Listing is not on the original print and has been added digitally to the listing photo to prevent copying.

Price: 105 USD

Location: Woodstock, Illinois

End Time: 2024-11-18T15:11:50.000Z

Shipping Cost: N/A USD