Etching on paper
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Works with images
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Fifty Etchings
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-christopher-le-brun-pra-1481" aria-label="More by Sir Christopher Le Brun PRA" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Christopher Le Brun PRA</a>
Presented by the artist and Charles Booth-Clibborn 1991
abstraction
gestural
irregular forms
non-representational
<p>These prints belong to the portfolio 'Fifty Etchings'. In executing them LeBrun used a range of techniques. These include: silverpoint and drypoint (to create fine and furred lines by incising the plate directly using pointed tools), etching (in which a wax ground is scratched by a needle-like tool to create more fluid lines), aquatint (to create rich tonal effects), soft ground (a pencil pressed onto paper covering a soft wax ground produces a soft, printed line), and spit bite (in which the plate is bitten by acid brushed on directly). The resulting printed images are often densely layered with strong tonal contrasts. Le Brun contributed an essay to the Morandi exhibition catalogue.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper print etching
[no title]
image: 175 × 130 mm
Presented by the artist and Charles Booth-Clibborn 1991
<p>These <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> belong to the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portfolio" title="Glossary definition for 'Portfolio'"><span>portfolio</span></a> 'Fifty <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>Etchings</span></a>'. In executing them LeBrun used a range of techniques. These include: silverpoint and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drypoint" title="Glossary definition for 'Drypoint'"><span>drypoint</span></a> (to create fine and furred lines by incising the plate directly using pointed tools), etching (in which a wax ground is scratched by a needle-like tool to create more fluid lines), <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/aquatint" title="Glossary definition for 'Aquatint'"><span>aquatint</span></a> (to create rich <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tonal</span></a> effects), soft ground (a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> pressed onto <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/paper" title="Glossary definition for 'Paper'"><span>paper</span></a> covering a soft wax ground produces a soft, printed line), and spit bite (in which the plate is bitten by acid brushed on directly). The resulting printed images are often densely layered with strong tonal contrasts. Le Brun contributed an essay to the Morandi exhibition catalogue.</p>
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abstraction gestural irregular forms non-representational