Title: A Folio of 21 Original Etchings Based on Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring Author: Popov, Valentin, artist Place: [San Rafael, CA] Publisher: Gordiann Press Date: [1994] Description: Includes: Letter-pressed booklet printed on French handmade paper, containing [8] pp. of introductory material including title page and colophon. 21 copper etchings, with additions of dry point, aquatint and burnishing. Overprinted with a combination of transparent yellow and white inks. Each etching on its own leaf of Colombe Larroque handmade French paper, with green paper folder (printed on Lana Ingres French paper and silk-screened by the artist), and housed loose in a handmade clamshell box covered in rose patterned, green Japanese silk, with one-half of a copper plate affixed to front cover. With prospectus booklet. No. 23 of 42 numbered sets. Signed at the colophon by the artist. Each etching signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Valentin Popov (b.1956) is a Ukrainian artist, currently residing in California. His work can be found in private and public collections around the world. Here is his beautiful set of copper etchings based on Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring. The story of the publication of these copper etchings, which took about ten years, is as interesting as the art itself. Popov's work on the art within began in Kiev in 1983 as a project under a grant from the Academy of Fine Art of the USSR, taking three years to complete. The presiding directors at the time rejected his illustrations, considering them too avant-garde. Upon the appointment of new Academy officials in 1988, Popov's work was not only praised, but awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Fine Art of the USSR. Following this recognition, the prints were chosen to illustrate an edition of Turgenev's story to be published by the Ukrainian publishing company, Dnipro. With the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, the project fell through. Even so, an initial edition of 25 sets of artist proofs were completed in Russia, the majority of which are in private collections or museums in the Soviet Union. In 1982, while strolling one evening past a 19th century Ukrainian church, Popov found a couple of large pieces of copper. They were discarded pieces of roof from the church, which was undergoing restoration. The artist decided to use this very copper to produce his etchings. The original etching plates were cancelled after the production of this edition of only 42 sets (plus 5 Artist's Proofs, and 3 Museum Proofs). One-half of a cancelled plate is affixed in a debossed area on the front cover of the clamshell box. Letterpress by Leda Black, Black Swan Printing, Oakland, California. Etchings are printed by Valentin Popov at Smith Anderson Press, Palo Alto, California. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 231434
Title: A Folio of 21 Original Etchings Based on Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring Author: Popov, Valentin, artist Place: [San Rafael, CA] Publisher: Gordiann Press Date: [1994] Description: Includes: Letter-pressed booklet printed on French handmade paper, containing [8] pp. of introductory material including title page and colophon. 21 copper etchings, with additions of dry point, aquatint and burnishing. Overprinted with a combination of transparent yellow and white inks. Each etching on its own leaf of Colombe Larroque handmade French paper, with green paper folder (printed on Lana Ingres French paper and silk-screened by the artist), and housed loose in a handmade clamshell box covered in rose patterned, green Japanese silk, with one-half of a copper plate affixed to front cover. With prospectus booklet. No. 23 of 42 numbered sets. Signed at the colophon by the artist. Each etching signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. Valentin Popov (b.1956) is a Ukrainian artist, currently residing in California. His work can be found in private and public collections around the world. Here is his beautiful set of copper etchings based on Ivan Turgenev's Torrents of Spring. The story of the publication of these copper etchings, which took about ten years, is as interesting as the art itself. Popov's work on the art within began in Kiev in 1983 as a project under a grant from the Academy of Fine Art of the USSR, taking three years to complete. The presiding directors at the time rejected his illustrations, considering them too avant-garde. Upon the appointment of new Academy officials in 1988, Popov's work was not only praised, but awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Fine Art of the USSR. Following this recognition, the prints were chosen to illustrate an edition of Turgenev's story to be published by the Ukrainian publishing company, Dnipro. With the economic collapse of the Soviet Union, the project fell through. Even so, an initial edition of 25 sets of artist proofs were completed in Russia, the majority of which are in private collections or museums in the Soviet Union. In 1982, while strolling one evening past a 19th century Ukrainian church, Popov found a couple of large pieces of copper. They were discarded pieces of roof from the church, which was undergoing restoration. The artist decided to use this very copper to produce his etchings. The original etching plates were cancelled after the production of this edition of only 42 sets (plus 5 Artist's Proofs, and 3 Museum Proofs). One-half of a cancelled plate is affixed in a debossed area on the front cover of the clamshell box. Letterpress by Leda Black, Black Swan Printing, Oakland, California. Etchings are printed by Valentin Popov at Smith Anderson Press, Palo Alto, California. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 231434
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