1940's Original Vintage LIONEL WENDT Photo Gravure Art | ||
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Fine Photo Galleries: "Since 1989 - The Name You Can Trust For Fine Vintage Photogravures, Photographs & Antique Prints." - Serving the Design & Decor trades for over 25 years. See our vintage and original prints featured in Coastal Living, Dwell Magazine and other fine quality publications. Print Specifications: Photographer: Lionel Wendt (Sri Lanka/Ceylon 1900 - 1944) Title: "Figure In Landscape" Date Of Negative: circa mid 1930's - early 1940's Type Of Print: Vintage Limited Edition Photogravure (Etched plate made from the original image) Date Of Print: 1949 Edition Size: 5,000 (gravure print is not numbered) Paper: Heavyweight, matte finish Print Origin: England Print/Plate Maker: Sun Printers, London, England. Approximate Image Size Inches: 6.75 x 10.5 inches Approximate Image Size Metric: 17.5 x 26.8 centimeters Print Border: No - full bleed print Condition Grade: Fine++ Verso: Blank Registered Vintage Print Archive Serial #: 103F2LW7-8 Certificate Of Authenticity (COA): Yes - individual hand signed COA Shipping: USPS with MUSEUM QUALITY ARCHIVAL PACKING Guarantee: Always 100% Complete Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed! This is an authentic vintage (NOT a modern reprint) 1949 limited edition photogravure by the remarkable photographic artist Lionel Wendt, created from a negative he made in circa mid 1930's - early 1940's. Lionel Wendt was an enormous artistic talent who died while in the prime of his life at the age of 44. He was best known for his engaging imagery of both the people and landscape of Ceylon, the beautiful island paradise off the coast of India where he was born and lived most of his life. This vintage photogravure was originally issued as part of a bound limited edition compilation (5,000 total) engraved and printed by the Sun Printing Company in London England in 1949 and released in 1950. In addition to his classic compositions, Lionel Wendt was a leading photographic experimenter of his time producing surreal and modernist images which employed the use of montage technique, solarization, paper negatives and other cutting edge darkroom techniques of the day. Lionel Wendt died of a heart attack in 1944, thought to have been brought on by an excessively long darkroom session. Some time after Wendt's death, a fellow photographer destroyed many of his negatives believing they should not be printed by others. This unfortunate occurrence combined with the relatively small number of prints he produced while alive, make Lionel Wendt's imagery rare in any form, whether silver gelatin or photogravure. His work is now held in many important collections and museums throughout This photogravure is guaranteed to be authentic and comes with a hand signed CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA) with unique individual registered serial number from the Finephoto Vintage Archive & Database. Under magnification this plate shows a tight "honeycomb" cell structure, uniform pressing of ink and a wide range of tone - all indicative of a quality sheet fed gravure print. The watermark word "Finephoto" does not appear on the actual print. |
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