CLOWNS - RINGLING BROS. BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS - ART by STANLEY ROSEMAN 1976

Description

We are offering a
RARE
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Clowns - Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus "
Edition of 8 Dry Point Engravings by Stanley Roseman.  Published by Ronald Davis.  1976.  Edition was limited to only 20, this being No. 19.  Engravings are In a leather and linen, gold-stamped case, 14 1/2" x 18", made by bookbinder George Wieck.  Each engraving is signed by Roseman.
Below each engraving in pencil, Roseman has written "19/20", identified the clown in the engraving, then "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus", signed his name, and 1976.  Protective tissue paper is over each engraving.
The full size of the heavy stock paper the engravings are on is 13" x 16 1/4".  The measurements of the actual engraved pictures are below.
The clowns are as follows:
1.)
Bobby Kay
(8" in diameter)
2.)
Bruce Guttilla
(8" x 10")
3.)
Lou Jacobs
(8" x 10")
4.)
Frosty Little
(8" x 10")
5.)
Jimmy Briscoe
(8" x 10")
6.)
Dale Longmire
(8" x 10")
7.)
King Richard
(8" x 10")
8.)
Peggy Williams
(8" x 10")
Also included is an August 1977 New York Times article on Stanley Roseman.
CONDITION: Engravings are in MINT CONDITION.  Portfolio Case is in Excellent Condition with minor spine edge wear and slight wear on the back cover.
The process of drypoint engraving is the most akin to drawing of the intaglio printing techniques: The artist draws directly into the copper or zinc plate with a sharp-pointed metal tool, which leaves minute ridges of metal called ''burr'' to the incised lines that hold the ink when printed. The special, aesthetic quality of drypoint, as well as the technical process limiting the number of impressions, has a great appeal to connoisseurs of prints.