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C.1979 G.H Rothe - Signed - Mezzotint - "Pinned Drop"- 11/15
C.1979 G.H Rothe - Signed - Mezzotint - 'Pinned Drop'- 11/15

C.1979 G.H Rothe - Signed - Mezzotint - "Pinned Drop"- 11/15

Winning Bid
on 01/15/20
$44.00
Item #40525801
Lot #11 of 70
Item Description

c.1979
Highly sought after by the serious collector.
4''x'6'' Mezzotint on paper by G.H Rothe. Overall framed dimensions are 9.5'' x 11.5''
Framed and in excellent condition. Excellent color. Signature is clear as is numbered piece of which there were 15 in all, this is number 11.

Gatja Helgart Rothe (also known as G.H. Rothe; (née Helgart Riedel) (March 15, 1935 – August 3, 2007), was a German-American artist known for her printmaking, especially mezzotint. She was also a draftswoman and painter. After living and working in Europe, she briefly traveled through South America before moving to New York City in the 1970s and later, California. Her commercial success was primarily based on mezzotints and paintings commissioned and handled by galleries, dealers, and private collectors in the United States, Europe and Japan.

Mezzotints:
Rothe's highly detailed mezzotints focused on surreal landscapes, intricately rendered horses, and graceful dancers. Rothe started all her prints by sketching a simple drawing directly onto the plate with a drypoint tool. She used a rocker to develop the background, rolling and rocking it side to side and piercing the plate with tiny holes for the ink. Using a drypoint tool she further developed the fine details and figures of the drawing. Rothe spent approximately 500 hours working on each plate.[8]

Rothe expanded the technique's possibilities to achieve transparencies and an extensive variety of tonalities. By discovering a way to mix all colors in the same plate, from the darkest to the lightest, and hand-wiping them into one another, she was able to create highlights, hues, and tones impossible to get when inking each color separately.

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