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The Old Homestead

Name: The Old Homestead
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 15124

Roy Purcell

$450

American (1936)

Date: 1980
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250
Size: 29 in. x 43 in. (73.66 cm x 109.22 cm)

$450

Unframed

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about The Old Homestead

In this detailed depiction of a homestead somewhere in the American West, Roy Purcell renders a scene of decrepit and broken materials left by the wayside.

With a broken wagon in the yard and several broken fences lining the property, the scene is altogether indicative of the harsh life encountered by many in this environment.

About The Artist: Roy Purcell

Roy Purcell has lived and worked as an artist in Las Vegas since 1970 and has created a large body of American artwork in various media. While known throughout the southwest for his etchings, he has mastered watercolor, oil, pastel, ink, acrylic and pencil to express the world around him. Born in 1936, Roy grew up in rural Utah, where he learned an appreciation of the earth and developed a sensitivity for its beauty. He appears to have sprung...

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About The Medium: Etching

The printing process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In traditional pure etching, a metal (usually copper, zinc or steel) plate is covered with a waxy ground which is resistant to acid. The artist then scratches off the ground with a pointed etching needle where they want a line to appear in the finished piece, exposing the bare metal. The plate is then put through a high-pressure printing press together with a sheet of paper (often moistened to soften it). The paper picks up the ink from the etched lines, making a print.

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