Walter Vaes (late 1800s–1950s)
“From the Top
of the Steeple”, 1880? (this date is based on a pencil notation shown verso)
Soft-ground etching
on cream laid paper
Inscribed in
the plate “Vaes”
Size: (sheet)
30.4 x 24.5 cm; (plate) 19.9 x 15 cm
Condition:
richly inked impression in near pristine condition. There are explanatory
pencil notations verso.
I am selling this
visually arresting etching for a total cost of AU$190 (currently US$136.44/EUR120.54/GBP104.01 at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world.
If you are
interested in purchasing this marvellous print, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
Although the
back of this print assigns the etching to the artist, Walter Vaes, and proposes
the date, “1880” with a question-mark, I have not been able to find any other information
about the creator of this stunning image. I have seen one other print by the
hand of this superb printmaker and—from memory—it featured a young girl descending
what is likely to be a spiral staircase in the steeple, but this is all I know
about the mysterious printmaker who signs his print with the engraved letters “Vaes.”
I am hoping that a fellow Blogger will recognise the artist and give me
some valuable information to share.
What I find
remarkable about this print is not just its unusual composition, but also the frozen moment in time as a bell rings. This feature may seem minor at first, but there
are very few images where a portrayed feature connotes sound. In short, for
those who seek special images, this one is fits well in terms of representing
the non-visual world of sound.
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