Carel Nicolaas Storm van 'S Gravesande (aka Charles
Storm van Gravesande) (1841–1924)
“Decline of Day”,
1897, published by “The Studio” (1897)
Original
lithograph (algraph) printed in blue-black ink on cream wove paper with the
artist’s monograph (lower right) and dry stamped with the publisher’s monogram (below
the image borderline at lower right).
Size: (sheet)
20.9 x 29.1 cm; (image borderline) 14 x 22.8 cm
Idburyprints offers
an excellent description of this print and explains the algraph process of
lithography: http://www.idburyprints.com/index.php?page=print_style_view.php&pid=5431&s_name=Hague%20School&s_table=style&s_title=style&sp_id=24&page1=1
Condition: faultless
impression with full margins (as published) in near pristine condition.
I am selling
this early exploration of a fresh way to create a lithograph using an aluminium
plate for AU$126 in total (currently US$96.86/EUR86.23/GBP74.38 at the time of
posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.
If you are interested in purchasing this softly beautiful print of fading light
on the shoreline, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will
send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
I can imagine
that this very beautiful (algraph) lithograph may not appeal to everyone’s
taste. After all, the image is very blurry and there is only the merest
suggestion of details revealing a panoramic view along a seashore with
silhouettes of buildings and ships in the far distance. To my eyes, however,
this print is all about pictorial ambiguity: a delight in almost understanding
what is portrayed but not with any degree of certainty.
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