John HoylandDido 1979

P07514 DIDO 1979

Inscribed ‘John Hoyland 79’ bottom right and ‘1/50’
Etching, printed at J.C. Editions and co-published by Waddington Graphics and Bernard Jacobson in an edition of 50, 26 5/8× 21 (67.6×53.3)
Purchased from Waddington Graphics (Grant-in-Aid) 1981

These prints [P07513, P07514, P05549, P05550, P05551, P05567] manifest Hoyland's desire to use the etching process as a colouristic rather than linear medium. Working directly into a soft or hard ground with a brush loaded with white spirit, he has produced contrasting scumbled and opaque areas in a manner closely resembling his gouache drawings of the same period… (read more)