«Personaje» Grabado por Henry Rayner (1902-1957) Austtraliano. Firmado a lápiz.

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Person by Henry Rayner (1902-1957)

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State: Normal (with signs of normal use)

Excellent engraving by the Australian painter Henry Rayner. Signed in pencil lower right 'H. Rayner'. Titled in pencil 'The Grey Coat'. Size: 14.5x10.4 cms. Excellent condition.

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Person by Henry Rayner (1902-1957)
Excellent engraving by the Australian painter Henry Rayner. Signed in pencil lower right 'H. Rayner'. Titled in pencil 'The Grey Coat'. Size: 14.5x10.4 cms. Excellent condition.

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Australian by birth, Henry Rayner moved to England at the age of 21, studying at the Royal Academy Schools under Walter Sickert, who remained a friend. Against Sickerts advice, Rayner was drawn to the printmaking technique of drypoint and over the next twenty years he produced more than 500 plates. Drypoint involves scratching a design directly into the surface of a metal plate; it is a rapid and spontaneous technique but, unlike the deep incision of the engravers burin or the chemical action of etching, it leaves only a shallow groove in the surface of the plate. The attractiveness of the printed line is primarily due to the rough metal burr thrown either side of the line by the needle, for the burr holds a lot of ink and prints richly, but it wears down rapidly in printing and so only a few good impressions are possible