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Schiff auf Djerba (Ship on Djerba) Etching | Otto Wilhelm Eglau

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Schiff auf Djerba (Ship on Djerba)

Name: Schiff Auf Djerba (Ship On Djerba) | Otto Wilhelm Eglau
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 73290

Otto Wilhelm Eglau

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German (1917–1988)

Date: 1961
Color etching, aquatint, and drypoint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil
Edition of 14/50
Image Size: 19.5 x 25 inches
Frame Size: 33 x 37 inches

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about Schiff auf Djerba (Ship on Djerba)

This print by Otto Wilhelm Eglau features a closeup of the bow of a ship with all the ropes that are tying it to the dock.

It's an extremely graphic piece, with dark lines and bright colors.

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About The Artist: Otto Wilhelm Eglau

Otto Eglau was a German artist whose prints and paintings deconstruct scenes taken from aerial views. Frequently featuring power lines framing a city street or maritime ropes rendered into near-abstract compositions, Eglau divides his compositions into striking graphic fragments. In 1947, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, where he studied under painters such as Oskar Nerlinger and Max Kaus. Eglau spent the next 20 years...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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