1971
The Newfoundland series prints and their counterparts in the painting series of the same name are variant configuration of the Protactor Series paintings of 1967-71. Their titles name two towns and a bay located on the west coast of Newfoundland.
In the prints, the squared and double-squared formats of interlacing protectors are framed by white margins, creating an effect quite different from the overwhelming immediacy of the paintings. The regular margins create a psychological distancing, and in the prints these designs of the paintings are, in a sense, re-presented for our consideration.
Lithograph and screenprint in colours, 1971, on Special Arjomari paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, one of 12 artist's proofs, aside from the standard edition of 58, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp and embossed copyright, 96.5 × 177.8 cm. (38 x 70 in.)
Axsom 55
In the prints, the squared and double-squared formats of interlacing protectors are framed by white margins, creating an effect quite different from the overwhelming immediacy of the paintings. The regular margins create a psychological distancing, and in the prints these designs of the paintings are, in a sense, re-presented for our consideration.
Lithograph and screenprint in colours, 1971, on Special Arjomari paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, one of 12 artist's proofs, aside from the standard edition of 58, published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, with their blindstamp and embossed copyright, 96.5 × 177.8 cm. (38 x 70 in.)
Axsom 55
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