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Octopus

 45,00

Description

The Octopus is taken from a wood engraving which you can find on Historiae Animalium by Conrad Gesner, which is an encyclopedic โ€œinventory of renaissance zoologyโ€ published at Zurich in 1551โ€“58. It is the first modern zoological work that attempts to describe all the animals known, and the first bibliography of natural history writings.

Linocut printed with a vertical press on 200 gr. ivory paper rismacqua Favini using chalcographic redย ink. To get this kind of red I have mixed two different colors,ย madder lacquer and red ocher.

Paper size: 11.7 x 8.2 inches (A4)
Image size: 6.7 xย 5.1 inches

Sold unframed

This itemย is individually made by hand in my studio in Venice โ€“ there may be slight variations in color, making this a unique, one-of-a-kind piece of art. The artwork may look slightly different from photos. Small imperfections or irregularities add to the handmade charm, distinguishing this piece from mass-produced prints

Additional information

Print color

Black, Red, Turquoise blue