Original drypoint by Henry Rayner (1902-1957), the Australian painter and printmaker settled in London. A female figure in profile before a window, with rooftops beyond. Signed in pencil H. Rayner below the plate mark, titled in pencil The Grey Coat, and signed in the copper as well.
Original drypoint by Henry Rayner (1902-1957), the Australian painter and printmaker settled in London. A female figure in profile before a window, with rooftops beyond. Signed in pencil H. Rayner below the plate mark, titled in pencil The Grey Coat, and signed in the copper as well.
Rayner trained at the Royal Academy Schools under Walter Sickert and worked above all in drypoint, a technique whose burr wears down quickly and allows only a short run of good impressions; he left over five hundred copperplates.
Medium: Drypoint.
Artist / after: Henry Rayner (1902-1957).
Dimensions: Image 5.7 x 4.1 in (14.5 x 10.4 cm).
Condition: Good; cream-toned paper with wide margins.