Japan 7 - Original Signed Engraving and Collage by Manuel Balaguer, 24/50

Original engraving and collage by Manuel Balaguer titled "Japón 7": a dense web of incised lines over which are laid black marks, gray planes and touches of yellow, with fragments of printed Japanese paper pasted along the edges of the composition. Signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 24/50.

Manuel Balaguer (Larache, Morocco, 1945) trained at the San Carlos Faculty of Fine Arts in Valencia and has worked largely in experimental printmaking, combining printing and collage on oriental papers.

Medium: Engraving with collage, a unique impression on paper.
Artist / after: Manuel Balaguer, signed in pencil.
Dimensions: 26.2 x 20.5 in (66.5 x 52 cm).
Condition: Very good. Clean paper, with wide margins and the plate mark well defined.
Edition: Impression 24 of 50.