Summer Choices: A Group Exhibition

July 18 - September 2, 2017

Tomma Abts, Anne Appleby, William Bailey, Christopher Brown, Al Held, Sol LeWitt, Tom Marioni, Susan Middleton, David Nash, Jockum Nordström, Chris Ofili, Nathan Oliveira, Laura Owens, Markus Raetz, Laurie Reid, Wilson Shieh, Shahzia Sikander, Pat Steir, Wayne Thiebaud, David True, Richard Tuttle, and William T. Wiley

Crown Point Press announces the second phase of its annual group exhibition Summer Choices, which features an additional selection of prints available to Seasons Club members this year. A long-standing program at the press, Seasons Club offers special benefits to members beginning or expanding their art collections (view details here). The exhibition’s new iteration presents twenty-two artists who have made etchings at Crown Point, a leader in the medium for over fifty years.

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Tom Marioni, Leonardo IKB, 2002
Direct gravure printed in blue.
17¼ x 11"; 26¼ x 19". 15.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$2,000    InquireInquire
William Bailey, SFW, 1998
Hard ground etching on gampi paper chine collé.
7¾ x 6¼"; 17½ x 15". 15.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Wilson Shieh, The Lovers, 2005
Color soft ground etching with aquatint printed on gampi paper chine collé.
5¼ x 5¼"; 10¾ x 10¼". 20.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Shahzia Sikander, Orbit, 2012
Color direct gravure.
27 x 21¼"; 36 x 29½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Ianne Kjorlie.
$5,000    InquireInquire
Susan Middleton, Naupaka (Back), 2008
Color photogravure.
16¼ x 16¼"; 29¼ x 26¼". 30.
Crown Point Press and Asa Muir-Harmony.
$3,000    InquireInquire
Nathan Oliveira, The Twin Runners, 2005
Color sugar lift, soap ground and spit bite aquatints with aquatint and soft ground etching.
45 x 36"; 52 x 41". 40.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$12,000    InquireInquire
Pat Steir, Alphabet: Grisaille, 2007
Color spit bite aquatint with aquatint.
23½ x 44½"; 32½ x 52½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$10,500    InquireInquire
David True, Cut Secure, 1987
Color aquatint with sugar lift and soap ground aquatints.
36¾ x 25¼"; 46¼ x 34". 25.
Crown Point Press and Renée Bott.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Markus Raetz, Flourish, 2001
Photogravure printed in black and red on gampi paper chine collé.
21½ x 18¼"; 31 x 27½". 60.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$5,000    InquireInquire
Christopher Brown, Atlantic Crossing, 1995
Soft ground and hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint, aquatint and burnishing.
29½ x 29¾"; 38 x 37¾". 25.
Crown Point Press and Renée Bott.
$5,000    InquireInquire
Anne Appleby, Cottonwood, 2012
Color aquatint with burnishing.
12 x 37½"; 23 x 47½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,000    InquireInquire
Laurie Reid, First Verse, 2000
Spit bite aquatint printed in graphite.
5 x 11¾"; 13½ x 22". 20.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$1,500    InquireInquire
Pat Steir, Summer Pond, 2003
Color hard ground etching with spit bite aquatint and drypoint.
13 x 19"; 21½ x 27½". 35.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$3,500    InquireInquire
Al Held, Straits of Malacca, 1987
Hard ground etching.
35¾ x 44¾"; 41¾ x 51½". 50.
Crown Point Press and Renée Bott.
$12,000    InquireInquire
Richard Tuttle, Naked VI, 2004
Color soft ground etching with hand staining and attached gampi strip.
21½ x 27½"; 21½ x 27½". 10.
Crown Point Press and Rachel Fuller.
$5,500    InquireInquire
Tomma Abts, Untitled (12 bits), 2009
Color soft ground etching with aquatint reversal and aquatint.
18 x 12⅞"; 23⅛ x 17⅝". 20.
Crown Point Press and Ianne Kjorlie.
$4,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 5, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 6, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Sol LeWitt, Small Etchings/Black & White No. 7, 1999
Hard ground etching.
4 x 4"; 8 x 8". 20.
Crown Point Press and Case Hudson.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Sol LeWitt, Loops & Curves Gray/Red, 1999
Color sugar lift aquatint with aquatint.
35¾ x 22¼"; 40 x 26½". 20.
Crown Point Press and Daria Sywulak.
$6,000 fair market value    Unavailable
Laura Owens, Untitled (LO425), 2010
Color soft ground etching with spit bite and sugar lift aquatints.
28¾ x 41¼"; 37¼ x 49¼". 10.
Crown Point Press and Asa Muir-Harmony.
$8,500 fair market value    Unavailable
Chris Ofili, Rainbow-Orange Ramo, 2008
Spit bite aquatint with drypoint printed in orange on blue gampi paper chine collé.
11 x 7"; 20 x 15". 10.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Chris Ofili, Rainbow-Yellow Day Dreamer, 2008
Spit bite aquatint with drypoint printed in orange on yellow gampi paper chine collé.
11 x 7"; 20 x 15". 10.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Chris Ofili, Rainbow-Paragon Pink, 2008
Spit bite aquatint with drypoint printed in green on pink gampi paper chine collé.
11 x 7"; 20 x 15". 10.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Wayne Thiebaud, Mountain Smoke, 2011
Drypoint.
8 x 6½"; 12¾ x 10½". 15.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500    InquireInquire
David Nash, Ash Dome, 1998
Direct gravure.
16 x 20"; 16 x 20. 50.
Crown Point Press and Dena Schuckit.
$1,500    InquireInquire
William T. Wiley, Michel & Doc Go Green, 2006
Spit bite aquatint printed in green and brown on gampi paper chine collé.
12½ x 12"; 20 x 19". 15.
Crown Point Press and Catherine Brooks.
$2,500    InquireInquire
Jockum Nordström, House and Bugs, 2008
Color spit bite and sugar lift aquatints with soft ground etching.
22½ x 31½"; 22½ x 31½". 50.
Crown Point Press and Emily York.
$5,500    InquireInquire