BAT for Fire, 2019

Josephine Halvorson (American, born in 1981)

2019

Medium/Technique Five plate aquatint etching with soft ground, spit bite and sugar lift, Charbonnel Primrose Yellow, Permanent Violet, Cardinal Red, Sap Green, Paynes Gray and 81 Black mix on white Somerset Satin paper

Dimensions Height x width: 64.1 × 73.3 cm (25 1/4 × 28 7/8 in.)

Credit Line The Living New England Artist Purchase Fund

Accession Number2021.421

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionThis print is the BAT ("Bonne a tirer" in French), the final proof before the edition. The artist has approved the image and all prints in the edition will be based on this image. Final margins are set at 3.5 inches top and sides, 4 inches bottom. The artist has signed, dated, and numbered on the recto and the Wingate Studio chop is affixed to the lower right corner.

Provenance2019, the artist and Wingate Studio, Winchester, NH; 2021, sold by Wingate Studio to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)