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GRETCHEN ALBRECHT - 3 N.Y.C
Estimate:
$4,000 - $6,000
Passed
Live Auction
Women in Art
ARTIST
GRETCHEN ALBRECHT (b. 1943)
Size
15 x 30 cm
Sheet size 58 x 73 cm
Description
Woodcut on paper, edition 1/10
Condition
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Signature
Signed, inscribed & dated 1983
Literature
Ross, James (editor). Kirker, Anne, Gretchen Albrecht; Crossing the divide: a painter makes prints , (Sarjeant Gallery) Whanganui, 1999, p.17
"....the artist found an innovative way of printing 'linear gesture' in small woodcuts she made in New York during a 2 month stay there in 1983. Pieces of discarded plywood found in the street, which had a distinctive raised grain, were cut and inked to overprint flat colours from quadrant-shaped blocks butted together."
In 1998, the Sarjeant Gallery also curated a second Albrecht exhibition, ‘Crossing the Divide’, which explores the link between Gretchen’s prints and paintings.
"....the artist found an innovative way of printing 'linear gesture' in small woodcuts she made in New York during a 2 month stay there in 1983. Pieces of discarded plywood found in the street, which had a distinctive raised grain, were cut and inked to overprint flat colours from quadrant-shaped blocks butted together."
In 1998, the Sarjeant Gallery also curated a second Albrecht exhibition, ‘Crossing the Divide’, which explores the link between Gretchen’s prints and paintings.
