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Hi all,this seems to be by Dorothy Bordass? Signature definitely looks a match. I was just wondering about the monogram/‘stamp’ with date? I didn’t see that on any of her other works. Also is this a ‘normal’ print ? The colour looks a bit odd? (almost like the image was burned on,or is it charcoal) Thanks for any comments

 

At first glance it looked like pyrography to me.
Lovely limited print, Boland...I wonder where (in Europe?) it might be representing?

 

Sweet. Looks like an English village to me.

Debora

 

Yes, matches Dorothy Bordass' signature. According to the internet, she was working in St. Ives in the early 1960s so location may be near there.

Debora

 

Thanks for the reply and info. Read about pyrography now. Didn’t know the term.

 

Thanks for the good information Debora. Does look like the St la’s church. Wonder why she decided to put the little monogram on this.

 

Early in her career. May have been experimenting a bit. Interesting... She was part of this "pivotal exhibition."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metavisual_Tachiste_Abstract

Debora

 

Ah... From the Classified Directory of Artists' Signatures, Symbols and Monograms...

Debora

 

Yes interesting and with a high number of her works in the exhibition.

 

Wow great,very cool that you found this! Thanks again

 

Not to be too crass, but the next time I need a fake name, I'm gonna go with 'Dorothy Bordass.'

 

Spice it up a bit at least. Dorothy Thrillass or Dorothy Sweetass maybe.

 

Huh, was I the only one thinking her name should be Dorothy Badass? I'd bet she was.

 

It is an etching, and the tone is not unusual. The artist can vary how much of the ink is wiped from the plate before printing.

 

Haha, I thought the same thing when I first looked at it! My mind is always in the gutter anyway.

 

Noted. Thank you for that. I appreciate the information