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| Artwork Description | This print depicts interaction between a fish form and a bird form, rendered in print with the appearance of scratchings through deep black space. |
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| Artist Statement | The suite is a narrative set of images dealing with a salmon and a raven. The set is a creation story of sorts. The two animals are archetypal in these prints and take various forms as they act and interact with each other. They have forms. They are shadows. They are reflections. They wear each other's shapes. They eat each other purposefully or because they are blind. They mate and spawn together. They give birth. They exist together as dances of bones. These drawings are unique to my way of working. They are a reversal of the way I have always drawn and to that end I consider them fresh and full of ongoing possibilities. The drawings were made by scratching with needles, razor blades, serrated objects and sandpaper through a layer of autographic ink which had been brushed on lithographic stones. This technique is known as *manier noir* or *black manner*. There are few examples of it due in part to the meticulous nature of the work and the great difficulty in printing. All examples are very small, seldom larger than 10 x 10 [inches]. Notable examples are the lithographs of Redon and Bresden during the late 19th century and Rouault and Picasso during the 20th century. (Boyden, 1995). |
| LC Subject | Printmakers
Prints -- Technique
Prints
Lithography -- Printing
Salmon
Ravens
Folk art
Narrative art
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| AAT Subject | printmaking
lithographs
color lithographs
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| Creator | Boyden, Frank
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| About the Artist | Frank Boyden was born 1942, in Portland, OR. He attended Yale University, School of Art, achieving a M.F.A. and B.F.A., in Painting, 1968. In 1965, he attended Colorado College, where he received a B.A. in Art. |
| Artist URL | http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/boyden.html |
| Regional Arts Council | The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/ |
| Award Date(s) | 1995
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| Medium | Printmaking
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| Artwork Measurements | various sizes; 11.5 x 17 inches and 14.5 x 17 inches |
| Materials/Technique | all prints color lithographs printed on RIVES BFK white paper |
| Source Format | digital photograph
color
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| Artwork Site | Eugene Oregon. University of Oregon. Knight Library
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| Location | first floor, east hallway |
| Site Address | 1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene Oregon |
| County | Lane County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Digital file enters Photoshop CS2 in RAW format. Photoshop used to convert RAW file to 8 bit RGB. Archived tiff is saved. Photoshop used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight point, adjust contrast. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB, resolution set to 125 dpi and longer length resized to 875 pixels. Display jpeg saved after resizing. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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