Signed Real Musgrave "Wanta Buy a Dragon" 67/150 Etching Print Fantasy Art ~ Rare!

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Signed Real Musgrave limited edition etching, "Psssst.... Wanta Buy A Dragon?", 67/150.
Dated 1981.
Fun image with dragon dealer holding … Read more Signed Real Musgrave limited edition etching, "Psssst.... Wanta Buy A Dragon?", 67/150.
Dated 1981.
Fun image with dragon dealer holding his jacket open like he is street pedaling dragons.
Overall nice vintage condition with maybe the slightest possibility for a little bit of very minor wear to possibly be found.
This piece will take a footprint of roughly 12.5" X 15.5" on the wall.
The print inside the matting is around 6" x 8".

Please Note ~ I have a couple other signed Real Musgrave etchings that I will be listing. I have not opened the frames up and inspected the artwork, and I am selling these prints just as I bought them. They look pretty good to me overall though!

A quote from Pocket Dragon creator Real Musgrave regarding his etchings.

"One of my BFA degrees was in printmaking. So I love the look and loved the process but I can hardly imagine doing it now. Too few people realized how intense the process was. Sadly, many collectors actually thought that a color lithograph reproduced from a painting was a superior print. And that was SO much easier! After a while it no longer seemed worth all the effort. My etching press is packed up in grease and stored away. But I hope you can explain to people just why these are considered such a unique art form. And for anyone interested in longevity, the materials are hard to beat. I have seen a 500 year old engraving by Albrecht Durer that is as beautiful today as the day it was pulled.
"The process I used in almost all of my intaglio etchings is called aquatint. It involves stopping out (and then removing) various parts of the plate with a "resist" and then putting the plate in an acid bath several times. First the line work is etched. Then by trial and error --with several proofs for each tone, to check progress-- the mid-tones are etched into the plate. Ink is rubbed onto the plate with cheesecloth, then wiped until just the right amount is left on the roughened areas. The plate is put onto the bed of a hand cranked press. Then a deckled sheet of hand-made cotton rag paper, which has been soaked in water and slightly blotted (to make it absorb the ink better), is placed on that. Finally, layers of felt blankets go on top and the whole thing is cranked through. When it works, you get an etching! But the plate wears out fairly quickly, so not very many..." See less