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© Estate of Edward Bawden
THE MONUMENT 1952
Edward Bawden (1903 – 1989)
Details
- Dimension
- 45.7 X 38 CM
- Media
- LINOCUT
- Accession number
- P5714
Summary
Following the publication of Edward Bawden’s large lincocut Jonah’s Whalein 1987. Merivale Editions embarked on a major project to edition the best of the linocuts collected over the years in the artist’s studio. These were printed by hand under Bawden’s direction on his own Albion press by his grandson, Philip. The printing was completed and the edition numbered, titled and signed shortly before Bawden’s death in 1989.
Glossary
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Edition
All copies of a book, print, portfolio, sculpture, etc., issued or produced at one time or from a single set of type. Printed works can be made in an edition of between one and many thousands of copies. With most printing techniques the plate or screen will become worn if very many prints are made, so to maintain quality (and exclusivity) editions of original prints are usually kept below one hundred copies and normally average between thirty and fifty copies. Prints made up of several different plates can be extremely complicated and time-consuming to edition, so in these cases editions are kept low for practical reasons. Sculptural editions are a set of cast sculptures taken from the same mould or master. These editions are usually much lower, consisting of no more than six casts. Though each cast in an edition might have a lower value than a unique piece, it may be a more effective way of offsetting costs of an expensive process such as bronze casting.