Series: Tarot Medium: Etching, aquatint Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (image) 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1986 Date finished: 2016 Edition: of 20
Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer / Marketing and Digital Content Specialist):
Takeda’s depiction of the death card is filled with eyes wide open, including on the intense central figure with their hands gracefully crossed, staring straight back at the viewer. In tarot, drawing the death card isn’t always a bad thing. Death is a normal part of life and can mean a new beginning as well as an end to something. As the year winds closer to its own death, this etching is a reminder to be alert and conscious about what in our own lives needs to come to a close and what could use more of our energy.
Series: Tacambaro Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 3 x 3 inches (image) 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1972 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 20
Series: Tacambaro Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 3 x 3 inches (image), 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1972 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 20
Series: Tacambaro Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 3 x 3 inches (image), 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1972 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 2 AP
Series: Tacambaro Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 3 x 3 inches (image) 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1972 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 20
Series: Tacambaro Medium: Linocut Dimensions: 3 x 3 inches (image) 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Mexican, 1972 Date finished: 2008 Edition: of 2 AP
Medium: Aquatint Dimensions: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (image) 11 x 15 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1949 Date finished: 2013 Edition: of 250
Medium: Aquatint Dimensions: 4 x 10 1/4 inches (image) 11 1/2 x 15 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: American, 1949 Date finished: 2012 Edition: of 250
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) 10 1/4 x 12 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher): "Wuon Gean Ho’s Devour V is from a series of intaglios she created in 2009. This series begins with a woman asleep, laying on top of a tiger. The cat awakes first and begins walking around until the woman also awakes and opens her feral-looking eyes. They separate from one another, and begin sizing each other up as they circle. They grapple, but do eventually come to terms with each other (tiger licks the woman’s face) before dissolving into each other and the landscape. Devour V illustrates the moment when the woman is fully awake to her struggle with full realization of her circumstances and is actively fighting. Part of being human is coming to terms with our own wild cats that can wake up in us. Eventually, there will be peace and acceptance, but we first have to face them. Ho makes this struggle look sensual and chaotic with her use of subtle plate tone wiping and overlapping hatch marks in the plate. She effectively captures how it can feel to be rolling about with one’s own demons in the intimate space of our own heads."
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Medium: Intaglio and linocut Dimensions: 6 x 4 inches (image) Signature: Signed Artist details: British / Chinese, 1973 Date finished: 2009 Edition: of 20
Medium: Mezzotint Dimensions: 3 3/4 x 1 inches (image) 7 1/2 x 5 inches (sheet) Signature: Signed Artist details: Japanese, 1950 Date finished: 2018 Edition: of 25