The New York Society of Etchers & Society of Hungarian Etchers (Gallery IX, Budapest, 2001)
Linda Adató b. 1942 Crossing Over Plate: 7 3/4” H x 5 3A” W 18.64 cm H x 14.6 cm W Two plate color line etching, rosin aquatint & soft ground. Three colors first plate. Two colors second plate for sky and railings. Shoichi Akutsu b. 1956 You & Me Plate: 8 3/<” H x 5 3/4" W 22.5 cm Hx 15 cm W Etching Jennifer Ale b. 1943 Far Away Plate: 10 7Is” H x 11 7Is” W 25 cm H x 30 cm W Photocopy transfer on copper plate using ink ground, incorporating intaglio and salt on hard ground, rosin aquatint, sugarlift, spitbite and some drypoint. EXHIBITION STATEMENT Immediately following the first juried exhibition of the New York Society of Etchers in September 2000 a catalogue documenting the show was published by the society. As part of our planned distribution of the catalogue, copies were mailed to the participating artists as well as everyone on our general mailing list. One of the recipients had just returned from Hungary with a mandate to find New York printmakers interested in a collaborative exhibition. He made contact with us immediately, and arranged an introduction to the Society of Hungarian Etchers. Over the months that followed, official letters of introduction and invitations to exhibit were Aladar ALMASY b. 1946 Lack of birds in a discreet reality Plate: 34.5 cm H x 30.5 cm W Etching and aquatint Michael Ariké b. 1933 If Walls Could Talk Plate: 12” H x 18” W 30.5 cm H x 45 cm W 4-plate rosin aquatint with line etching. Bill Behnken b. 1943 Abundance Plate: 12” H x 8” W 31 cm H x 20 cm W Aquatint using spray black enamel paint ground, stopped out with litho crayon.