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REYNOLD WEIDENAAR The Bridge and the Storm.
Mezzotint, 1957. 431x330 mm; 17x13 inches, wide margins. Artist's proof, second state, aside from the edition of 100. Signed, titled and extensively annotated in pencil, lower margin. A brilliant, richly-inked, luminous impression of this important print.
According to the artist's notes in pencil in the lower margin, "Early state--Prime Proof: For a Try Proof=Very Rich--Experimental plate, Rocked 80 ways with #30 rocking tool, no protractor: rocked horizontally and vertically only=for texture quality like fabric. Successful but difficulty of scraping encountered--(Prime Proof)."
