Donald Baechler
Tantric Feet, 2015
Woodblock print.
Edition of 12, plus 3 artist’s proofs, 1 printer’s proof, 1 bon à tirer proof. Signed, dated (l.r.), and numbered (l.l.)
Block size: 13 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. / 34.6 x 57.4 cm. Sheet size: 15 ½ x 24 ¼ in. / 39.4 x 61.6 cm.
Paper: Honen sized (a Japanese paper made from Kozo). Block carved and printed by Takuji Hamanaka, New York.
Review by Catherine Bindman. Art in Print, March–April 2016, Volume 5, Number 6
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Hunan Palace, 2008
Aquatint, spit-bite, and soft-ground etching.
Plate size: 26 x 26 in. Sheet size: 32 1/2 x 32 in.
Edition of 30.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Jennifer Melby, New York.
Diamond Snake, 2007
Aquatint and drypoint, photo-gravure.
Plate size: 19 x 30 in. Sheet size: 28 x 38 in.
Edition of 30.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Jennifer Melby, New York.
FLower, 2005
Aquatint and drypoint.
Plate size: 17 1/4 x 11 in. Sheet size: 25 1/2 x 18 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Jennifer Melby, New York.
Blue Spruce, 2005
Aquatint and drypoint.
Plate size: 22 x 11 in. Sheet size: 30 x 18 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Jennifer Melby, New York.
Potted Plant, 2005
Aquatint and drypoint.
Plate size: 24 x 10 in. Sheet size: 32 x 17 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Jennifer Melby, New York.
Red Coral, 2004
Aquatint with open-bite etching.
Plate size: 44 5/8 x 33 5/8 in. Sheet size: 55 x 42 1/2 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Hahnemuhle.
Plates processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York.
Szechuan Garden, 2003
Aquatint with soft-ground etching.
Plate size: 18 x 26 in. Sheet size: 27 x 34 in.
Edition of 30.
Paper: Hahnemühle.
Plates processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York.
Donald Baechler at Harlan & Weaver, 1999
12 prints. Soft-ground etching and aquatint.
Sheet size: 22 x 17 in. (vertical prints) and 22x30 in. (horizontal prints)
Edition of 34.
Paper: Magnani Pescia.
Plates processed and printed by Felix Harlan, Carol Weaver and Maggie Wright, New York.
While Baechler worked with printers Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, in their East Canal Street workshop, Mark Baron and Elise Boisanté made several expeditions through Chinatown to find the rubber bathtub toys, cakes, and ice cream cones which he requested as subjects for these prints. Donald began by drawing the images, from life, on copper plates coated with soft-ground. After those line drawings were printed in black, Baechler painted the images in sugar-lift, on additional plates, to add color forms to his drawings.
Donald Baechler working on a series of color aquatints, 1999.
Tree, 1998
Aquatint with open-bite etching.
Plate size: 44 5/8 x 33 5/8 in. Sheet size: 55 x 42 1/2 in.
Edition of 27.
Paper: Somerset.
Plate processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York.
Crowd, 1997
Aquatint with soft-ground etching.
Plate size: 44 5/8 x 33 5/8 in. Sheet size: 55 x 42 1/2 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Somerset.
Plate processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York.
Owls, 1993
Seven aquatints, with photo-etching, foul biting and open-bite etching. Within a linen covered portfolio with letterpress printed title and colophon pages.
Plate size: 16 x 11 in. Sheet size: 25 1/4 x 19 in.
Edition of 24.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, assisted by Nicole Ouellette and Michael Wodkowski, New York.
Title and colophon page designed by Ken Botnick, Woodbridge, Connecticut.
The Counterfeiters, 1991
Four aquatints, with photo-etching and open-bite etching, within a linen covered portfolio with letterpress printed title and colophon page.
Plate size: 24 x 30 in. Sheet size: 30 1/2 x 38 in.
Edition of 24.
Paper: Somerset.
Printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York.
Frutas, 1990
Six aquatints, with photo-etching and drypoint, within a linen covered portfolio with letterpress printed title and colophon page.
Plate size: 11 x 8 1/2 in. or 12 1/2 x 8 in. Sheet size: 26 1/4 x 19 in.
Edition of 34.
Paper: Somerset.
Plates processed and printed by Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, New York. Title and colophon page designed and printed by Ken Botnick, Woodbridge, Connecticut.
Rejects, 1989
Twelve aquatints printed on a single sheet.
Sheet size: 26 1/2 x 38 in.
Edition of 4.
Paper: Fabriano Tiepolo.
Plates processed and printed by Donna Shulman, New York.
increments, 1987
Five etchings with aquatint within a linen covered portfolio with letterpress printed title and colophon page.
Plate size: 30 x 24 in. Sheet size: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.
Edition of 17.
Paper: Fabriano Tiepolo.
Plates processed and printed by Donna Shulman, New York.
Title and colophon page designed by Ken Botnick, New York.
Published by Mark Baron, New York.
Subjects, 1986
Five two-color aquatints combining intaglio and relief printing within a linen covered portfolio with letterpress printed title and colophon page.
Plate size: 8 x 8 in. Sheet size: 20 x 14 in.
Edition of 12.
Paper: Fabriano Tiepolo.
Plates processed by Mark Baron and printed by Donna Shulman, New York.
Title and colophon page designed by Ken Botnick, NewYork.
Published by Mark Baron, New York.