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Anders Gustave Aldrin (American, b. Sweden 1889-1970) California Hills Color woodblock print. With artist's monogram AGA within the composition at lower right. Titled in pencil on lower left, California Hills, signed at right, Anders G. Aldrin. Self-carved and self-printed by the artist, ca. 1934. Published by the artist in conjunction with the Federal Art Project, WPA (Works Progress Administration). |
| A: [darker palette] Numbered 4/150 in pencil on bottom margin. |
| 32 by 37.4 cm |
| B: [lighter palette; monoprint] Numbered in pencil '2' in lower right corner. |
| 32.8 by 39.4 cm |
| This design, California Hills, was printed in regular numbered editions by Aldrin, in slightly different combinations of colors on the hills and distant mountains. While impression A is regular numbered variant, impression B is a monotype print (or more accurately, a monoprint). A print is considered a monotype if the artist has manipulated the inks in such a way that it can not be replicated. Monotype printing is often called painterly printing, because the artist applies the ink or pigment to a surface and then pulls a single impression, sometimes followed by a second 'ghost' impression of the residual ink. This particular impression seems to be a 'ghost' of a regular print, thus a monoprint. |
