David Avery
David Avery continues to explore the
expressive and technical possibilities inherent in black
and white line etching. His work is included in the collections
of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the New York
Public Library, the Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic
Arts, the Stanford University Library among others, and
has been noted in the New York Times. Even though “black and white doesn’t sell”,
he has eschewed the use of color, finding the subtleties and
tonalities of black and white most capable of creating
the psychological mood that allows his work to be effective.
Public Collections:
The Fogg Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
The Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, San Francisco, CA
Stanford University Library, Special Collections, Stanford, CA
The Turner Print Gallery, California State University, Chico, CA
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
San Francisco Public Library, Book Arts and Special Collections Center
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David Avery's biography...
St.
George Progresses
Etching
Image size: 1 inch by 4 inches
Edition of 50
Price: $150.00
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A Post-traumatic History Lesson
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 7" x 5", Edition Size: 30
Paper: Gutenberg Laid (13" x 10")
Price: $350.00
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Awaiting a Time
Like the Present
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 12 5/8" x 4", Edition Size: 35
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover White (18 7/8" x 9")
Price: $500.00 |
Nonsense on Stilts
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 10 3/4" x 4 3/8" , Edition Size:
40
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover Lt. Green (18" x 9 1/2")
Price: $500.00
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The Long Road to War
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 3" x 14"
Paper: Copperplate Warm White (9" x 19-1/2")
Price: $400.00
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Exterminating Angel
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 4" x 3", Edition Size: 50
Paper: Lana Gravure (13" x 10")
Price: $270.00
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Regret
Etching
Image size: 4 7/8" x 3 5/8", Edition of 50
Price: $300.00
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(Preview by rolling over titles)
This folio of eight etchings was initiated at
the behest of a dealer who suggested an “adult” children’s
book. At that timeAvery had just discovered a list of over
200 titles of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. He immediately
saw this as an opportunity not to illustrate the Brothers Grimm,
but to use their work as a point of departure from which the
artist's imagination could spin its own tales.
Medium: Clothbound Portfolio of Eight Etchings
Dimensions: 14 7/8" x 10 5/8" x 7/8"
Edition Size: 24
Paper: Zerkall copperplate (14" x 10")
Portfolio Price: $2,500.00
Individual prints from the series are $400
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The Mysterious Conspiracy of Existence
(hommage)
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 8 3/4" x 5 5/8", Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover Cream (17" x 12 5/8")
Price: $450.00
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The Anatomy of Melancholy,
or "Le Fromage Reste Seul"
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: 6 3/4" x 4 5/8", Edition Size: 30
Paper: Zerkall Laid Cover Cream (15" x 10 3/4")
Price: $400 |
The Perpetual Riddle
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 6" x 2-7/8", Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Copperplate (13" x 9")
Price: $350.00
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Equivocation
Drypoint, 1982
Image size: 3-13/16 x 1-1/4
Edition of 10
Price: $400.00
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Melancolia, Too
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 9-3/4" x 8", Edition Size: 40
Paper: Gutenberg Laid (15-1/2" x 13-1/4")
Price: $500.00
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Hooked
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"
Edition Size: 40
Paper: Zerkall Copperplate (13" x 10")
Price: $300.00
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Evocation
Medium: etching
Dimensions: 2-5/8" x 1-3/4", Edition Size: 50
Paper: Rives Heavyweight (10" x 7")
Price: $150.00
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Unseen
Etching, 1986
Image size: 9-3/4 x 3-1/4
Edition of 50
Price: $350.00
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