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Aquatints
AN AQUATINT IS AN ETCHING PROCESS IN WHICH TONE IS CREATED BY TREATING A PLATE OF COPPER WITH FINE PARTICLES OF AN ACID RESISTANT MATERIAL. THIS WOULD USUALLY BE POWERED RESIN, ASPHALT, BITUMEN OR PITCH. ONCE THE "RESIST" IS FIXED TO THE PLATE, EITHER BY HEATING OR DISSOLVING AND THEN EVAPORATION, IT IS PLACED IN AN ACID BATH. THE ACID BITES INTO THE PLATE BETWEEN THE GRAINS OF RESIST AND, WHEN PRINTED, THE MASS OF TINY SPOTS PRODUCES A TEXTURED AREA WITH TONAL EFFECTS SIMILAR TO A WARECOLOUR. GOYA WAS A GREAT EXPONENT OF THE AQUATINT METHOD.
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Aquatints
A MASSACHUSETTS BARN c. 1980
AQUATINT
IMAGE SIZE 160MM X 105MM
ARTIST'S PROOF
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Artist: DUXBURY, LESLIE 1921-2001
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Aquatints
BANC Y LAN, DYFED c.1970
AQUATINT
IMAGE SIZE 450MM X 400MM
ARTIST'S PROOF
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Artist: DUXBURY, LESLIE 1921-2001
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