Oak Knoll

Limited to 110 numbered copies, of which this is one of XXV numbered copies signed by the author / artist, containing one additional plate, and bound in quarter vellum spine protected by a slipcase by Ivan Ruzicka. Vellum lightly discolored yellow and the slipcase is lightly foxed. Else a pristine copy. Printed in 18 point Centaur and Arrighi on Nideggen paper. The plates, printed by hand by Mr. Wadsworth on German Copperplate Deluxe, are examples of the collograph-intaglio process.

A note on the Prints: "The print medium employed in this book is relatively new and only partially explored. It relates to all the other intaglio mediums such as etching, drypoint, aquatint and engraving. The essential difference between it and the other mediums is that the plate is both built up (using a variety of polymer glues and aggregates) and incised, thus arriving at a very right and varied texture and embossment. The plate is produced in much the same way as a collage, which is suggested by its name, collograph-intaglio. In some instances the prints in color were produced by using two plates but for the most part they were inked and wiped in one color and then rolled with another color. As is true of all intaglio mediums it is less easily controlled than relief mediums such as wood-engraving or wood-cut. In compensation it has an enormous range and seems peculiarly suited to a person whose bent and training is that of a painter."