Scratches, Spit and Vinegar
curated by Ed Ruscha

April 7 - June 4, 2016

Vito Acconci, Robert Barry, Robert Bechtle, Gunter Brus, Chris Burden, Joel Fisher, Terry Fox, Robert Hudson, Joan Jonas, Barry Le Va, Tom Marioni, Julie Mehretu, Rammellzee, Tim Rollins + K.O.S., Steve Reich, Wayne Thiebaud, William T. Wiley

Make yourself small and imagine the beauty of skating across a copper plate, maybe with rusty skates, and seeing incisions that result from this action. You’ll see there is a certain fragrance to a line cut with a tool. Some lines will be staccato flecks, all waiting to be filled with ink. Scrawling, scratching, drawing, dripping upon, and otherwise talking to a plate of metal illustrates the true nature of this medium.

So it’s a kind of 3-part harmony: the artist, a metal plate and a device to make marks. All of these artists have clearly fallen for the seductive elements of this art form.

-Ed Ruscha

Press Release

Diagonal Ridge
Wayne Thiebaud, Diagonal Ridge, 2011
Drypoint.
8 x 6½"; 12¾ x 10½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$8,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Double Lunar Dogs
Joan Jonas, Double Lunar Dogs, 1982
Color aquatint.
24 x 36"; 24 x 36". 10.
Crown Point Press and Peter Pettengill.
$4,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Burbank Street, Alameda
Robert Bechtle, Burbank Street, Alameda, published in 2011; plates made in 1967
Hard ground etching.
8 x 7"; 14¾ x 13". 25.
Crown Point Press and Ianne Kjorlie.
$4,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Sierra Cloud
Wayne Thiebaud, Sierra Cloud, 2011
Hard ground etching with drypoint.
6½ x 8"; 11¼ x 12". 15.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500 fair market value    Unavailable
20 Foot Ladder for Any Size Wall
Vito Acconci, 20 Foot Ladder for Any Size Wall, 1979-81
Photoetching on eight sheets of paper, printed in grey.
244 x 43"; 30½ x 43" each panel. 15.
Crown Point Press and Nancy Anello.
$45,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Heart Ridge
Wayne Thiebaud, Heart Ridge, 2011
Hard ground etching with drypoint.
12 x 9"; 16¾ x 13". 25.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$8,500    InquireInquire
River
Robert Hudson, River, 1986
Soap ground aquatint with soft ground etching.
45 x 36"; 52 x 41½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Lawrence Hamlin.
$4,500    InquireInquire
4 Freehand Watermark Tracings, No. 1
Steve Reich, 4 Freehand Watermark Tracings, No. 1, 1978
Soft ground etching.
8½ x 10¾"; 17 x 14". 25.
Crown Point Press and John Slivon.
$1,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Pendulum Spit Bite
Terry Fox, Pendulum Spit Bite, 1977
Spit bite aquatint.
36 x 45"; 40 x 49". 25.
Crown Point Press and Stephen Thomas.
$7,500 fair market value    Unavailable
4 Freehand Watermark Tracings, No. 2
Steve Reich, 4 Freehand Watermark Tracings, No. 2, 1978
Soft ground etching.
8½ x 10¾"; 17 x 14". 25.
Crown Point Press and John Slivon.
$1,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Walking Drawing (Drypoint)
Tom Marioni, Walking Drawing (Drypoint), 2006
Color drypoint with flat bite etching printed on two sheets of paper.
35¼ x (overall) 80½"; 35¼ x (overall) 85½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$8,000    InquireInquire
The Diamond Cutter
Günter Brus, The Diamond Cutter, 1982
Hard ground etching.
10 x 7"; 20½ x 15¼". 35.
Crown Point Press and Lilah Toland.
$2,000 fair market value    Proof AvailableProof Available
Drypoint Drawings (Large)
Joel Fisher, Drypoint Drawings (Large), 1990
No. 21 from a series of three unique drypoints printed on paper made by the artist.
16 x 16"; 35 x 26".
Crown Point Press and Pamela Paulson.
$4,000    Unavailable
Sirpier-E-Ule's Luxturnomere, Staff Landing (Future Futurism)
Rammellzee, Sirpier-E-Ule's Luxturnomere, Staff Landing (Future Futurism), 1984
Color sugar lift aquatint with soft ground etching.
24 x 36"; 24 x 36". 40.
Crown Point Press and Peter Pettengill.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Billboards
William T. Wiley, Billboards, 2006
Hard ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
4 x 20 1/4"; 11 1/2 x 27". 10.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$2,000    InquireInquire
Unclosed
Julie Mehretu, Unclosed, 2007
Color hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint and drypoint.
35¾ x 44¾"; 40¾ x 50¼". 25.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$35,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Suite Six
Robert Barry, Suite Six, 1978
Portfolio of six hard ground etchings printed in gray.
19 x 26"; 19 x 26". 25.
Crown Point Press and John Slivon.
$6,000    InquireInquire
The Master Builder
Chris Burden, The Master Builder, 2000
A portfolio of 13 photogravure prints with color aquatint in image No.1.
varies; 8 x 12". 35.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$8,000    InquireInquire

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