Edition Documentation
Print Edition Record Number 32 / Art Inventory Number SG-650
Artist: Spence Guerin
Title: Juan Alvarez
Date: May 1978
Medium: Screenprint
Paper: Arches Cover White and Buff, Goyu 14 3/4 x 14 inches (37.465 x 35.56 cm)
Image: 12 1/4 x 11 3/8 inches (31.115 x 28.89 cm)
Ink: Nazdar Lacquer Inks IL-111 Black, IL-34 Chrome Yellow, IL-124 Orange, IL-149 Permanent Green, IL-157 Royal Blue, IL-159 Permanent Blue, IL-170 Clear, IL-___ White.
ABOUT THIS PRINT
Created at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska during a screen printing workshop with visiting screen printer Ken Rignall from California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland.
PROCESS DESCRIPTION
Screen images created by painted and/or hand cut stencils. Nine stencils, one key line drawing.
Clear printed as paper sealer entire image area
White shirt and eyes
Blue on shirt and pink in eyes (two colors on same screen)
Skin color
Ochre
Red insulated vest
Gray lines and buttons
Black
Blue (transparent) background and lines
EDITION RECORD
16 edition impressions numbered 1/16 through 16/16 on four papers. 1-5 Arches Cover White; 6-9 Arches Cover Buff; 10-14 Goyu; 15-16 Index.
4 Artist's Proofs
2 Presentation Proofs
4 Color Trial Proofs
5 Proofs with added hand coloring
Hand printed by the artist. / Guided by: Kenneth Rignall (1940-2005).
Printed at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
- Subject Matter: Portrait