E.016 Self portrait 1990

• I. 1st state of 3

  Soft-ground etching. Frontal self portrait showing the artist’s head, to the top of the forehead, with a fragment of the shoulders visible. Amor has a beard and moustache and wears a T-shirt. The subject has been etched with soft-ground etching. In addition to the single impression of this state, there is a counterproof impression, which has been overdrawn in pen and ink.

  1. Impression with even plate tone, on wove BFK Rives paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘1 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘SP’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.
  2. Counterproof impression on wove BFK Rives paper, printed, and extensively overdrawn in pen and ink, by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘A/P’; lower centre: ‘SP’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’; below other inscriptions, lower left to lower right: ‘counter proof with ink’. Image size: 102 x 87 mm.

• I.a. 1st state of 3

  

  Soft-ground etching. Frontal self portrait showing the artist’s head, to the top of the forehead, with a fragment of the shoulders visible. Amor has a beard and moustache and wears a T-shirt. The subject has been etched with soft-ground etching. In addition to the single impression of this state, there is a counterproof impression, which has been overdrawn in pen and ink.

• I.b. Counterproof of 1st state, extensively overdrawn in pen and ink

  

• II. 2nd state of 3

  The plate has been re-etched, so that the lines are now thicker overall, and hatching has been added to the face and the background.

  Impression with light plate tone, on wove BFK Rives paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘2 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘SP’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.

• III. 3rd and final state

  Fine etched hatching has been added to the face, including the lips, and to the left background. There are two variant impressions of this state.

  1. Impression on wove paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘3 [circled]’; lower centre: ‘SP’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’. (Featured Image)
  2. Impression with dark grey plate tone, on wove BFK Rives paper, printed by Rick Amor in his Dunmoochin studio. Inscribed in pencil, below the plate mark: lower left: ‘A/P’; lower centre: ‘SP’; lower right: signed and dated ‘Rick Amor ’90’.

• III.a. 3rd and final state (Featured Image)

  

  Fine etched hatching has been added to the face, including the lips, and to the left background. There are two variant impressions of this state.

• No edition

• Comment

  This is one of three small self portraits done in quick succession in early 1990. The other two self portraits are cat. nos E.017 and E.018. All were drawn before a mirror, directly onto the plate.

  The verso of the copper plate used for E.016 was subsequently used as the matrix for cat. no. E.017.