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Untitled, from the Water Series

Jackie Battenfield

Framed size: 31 in. (h) × 40 in. (w) × 1 in. (d)

$2,200.00

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Landscape, Framed, Abstraction, Decorative Accent, Landscape, Seascape, or Still Life, Mythology, Natural History, Washingtonian, Post-War Twentieth Century, Prints & Multiples, Woodcut, Monoprint, Battenfield

About the work

Jackie Battenfield is known for her luminous paintings and prints of natural forces. She is fascinated by the most abstract qualities of landscape–storms, clouds, brushfires, and water ripples.

And in this image her fascination with water and light are clear.

Battenfield told me that this work was the first woodcut print she made in her water series. The black image is cut out of a special Japanese woodblock, removing all the “white” area and leaving a relief that is inked in black. Her aim was to have the black gesture float down through the “layers” of water. The water was done as a monoprint, so the blue background in every one of Battenfield’s water series is unique. A green Japanese chiri paper is collaged into the middle doing a little push/pull with the underlying blue. Battenfield carved the woodcut for this print in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Attributes	Value
Condition	Excellent Condition
Date	1980-2000
Framing	Custom framed and matted
Medium	Drawing on paper
Signing, Dating, and Titling	Signed by the artist en recto
Type	Modern Print-Makers, Paintings, Washington Artists