"Canyon Glow" Original Collograph Textile Art by Sandra Bowden, 72/100

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Exceptional and highly collectible multi-media piece from highly acclaimed American artist Sandra Bowden's landscape series. "Canyon Glow" relies on a … Read more Exceptional and highly collectible multi-media piece from highly acclaimed American artist Sandra Bowden's landscape series. "Canyon Glow" relies on a heavily layered, structural printmaking approach. This piece fits into her distinct thematic choice of rendering rugged, expanse-heavy desert and Middle Eastern topography entirely captured with an elegant, perfect circle. This piece is beautifully framed in a burgundy lacquered frame typical of the 1980s.

The fractional notation 72/100 means this specific artwork is the 72nd impression from a strictly limited run of 100 hand-pupped prints. in fine art printmaking, once the 100th edition is produced. the printing plate is permanently defaced or destroyed to guarantee exclusivity and maintain the value of each numbered piece. The medium is a collograph, a printmaking method where the materials are glued onto a rigid plate as the "collage" base. Sandra Bowden famously builds her plates using pieces of open-weave fabrics, textured lace, canvas, and string to emulate sediment. canyon walls, and geological stratification. See less