Hugh O'DONNELL
Mélusine I
1992 Print, planographic, dyed paper, drawing
Technique: colour lithograph printed on hand-dyed paper with additions in oil stick
Impression: trial proof II
Edition: edition of 15: plus 4AP, 2TP, RTP, PPI, PPII, A
Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd, Mount Kisco, New York
Primary Insc: signed lower centre, pencil "Hugh O'Donnell" [bottom right panel]
overall 231.8 h x 115.0 w cm
Cat Raisonné: Tyler Graphics documentation (1992)
Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002
Accession No: NGA 2002.1.388.A-F
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Hugh O'DONNELL
Mélusine I
1992 Title Notes: 003-001
Print, planographic, dyed paper, drawing
Technique: colour lithograph printed on hand-dyed paper with additions in oil stick
Support: white, wove, handmade, handcoloured, TGL paper
Impression: trial proof II
Edition: edition of 15: plus 4AP, 2TP, RTP, PPI, PPII, A
Publisher: Tyler Graphics Ltd, Mount Kisco, New York
Place Published: New York
Date Published: 1992
Edition Notes: A nine colour coloured, pressed paper pulp, lithograph, hand-coloured printed from three aluminum plates. First, the six sheets of handmade paper were variantly coloured with yellow-ochre, red, purple and blue-green dyes.Next, dark blue, black and dark grey-green were printed. After printing, the artist hand-coloured each print with black and blue oil stick.
Papermaking by Tom Strianese and Jed Marshall. Paper colouring by artist assisted by Strianese and Marshall. Prep work for continous tone lithography by Kenneth Tyler. Plate preparation, processing, proofing, and edition printing by John Hutcheson assisted by Scott Lewis. Edition printing by Hutcheson.
Primary Insc: signed lower centre, pencil "Hugh O'Donnell" [bottom right panel]
Secondary Insc: inscribed lower centre, pencil "TP2/3" [bottom right panel]
Tertiary Insc: embossed lower right corner, TGL chop [hexagon] [bottom right panel]
verso: inscribed lower left corner, pencil "HOD91-1093" [bottom right panel]
[various other inscriptions on the verso of each panel]
overall 231.8 h x 115.0 w cm
Cat Raisonné: Tyler Graphics documentation (1992)
Purchased with the assistance of the Orde Poynton Fund 2002
Accession No: NGA 2002.1.388.A-F
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