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Glenn Brown, printmaker

Half-Life (after Rembrandt), Plate 4, 2017

Description

Maker

  • Paragon Press, English, publisher
  • Glenn Brown, b. 1966, British, printmaker

Title

Half-Life (after Rembrandt), Plate 4

Year

2017

Medium

Etching on Velin Arches paper

Dimensions

Plate: 75.5 x 55.5 cm (29 3/4 x 21 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in graphite, LR: "Glenn Brown"

Verso: inscribed in graphite: "25/35"

Identification

Edition

25/35

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2018.98

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Visions and Revisions

February 15 - August 4, 2019

“Rembrandt is very important, fundamental, to my work”
—Glenn Brown

Behind this intricate mesh of bold marks are the outlines of Rembrandt’s series of male heads in exotic garb. Brown superimposes, manipulates, and deforms those images to create his own work, inviting associations with the layered quality of time and the distorting effects of memory.

The print’s ambiguous relation to history is embedded in its creation. Brown stacks digital images of Rembrandt’s heads, alters them with Photoshop, and draws on them using an iPad. The resulting digital file is then photomechanically transferred to a copper plate and printed like a traditional etching.

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