Woman in Basque Hat (29/40)

Artist Brian Bourke (b. 1936)

Date1989

MediumEtching and aquatint on paper

Dimensions29 x 28.5 cm

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Donated by the Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin, 1998. © Brian Bourke.

Object number1921

DescriptionThis is a two colour intaglio print (etching and aquatint) on paper. The lines that make up the face and background have the appearance of pencil marks, this suggests a soft ground etching was used, the artist's fingerprint can even be seen in the bottom left-hand corner (as soft ground is very sensitive to any pressure and picks up impressions easily). An aquatint etched on a separate plate, cut to shape, was used for the hat.

Placed in the centre of the paper and framed in a rectangle is the head and neck of a woman against a patterned background. She is looking out towards the viewer and she is wearing an enormous black Basque hat, which protrudes well beyond the boundaries of the rectangle. The background is coloured in beige, reddish brown and black, as are the details of the woman's face.

Brian Bourke was born in Dublin in 1936. He studied at the National College of Art & Design in Dublin and St. Martin's School of Art in London.

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