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Theodore Roussel

The Sea at Bognor

1895
Monotype in two tones of blue gray ink on ivory laid paper
4.4 × 14 cm (1.7 × 5.5 in)

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Roussel was a pioneer in color etching in Britain, and a series of trial proofs illustrates his creative process. For many of the proofs, colored ink was painted onto the plate and then apparently printed without using a press. The completed version of this soft ground etching was among a set of nine color prints first exhibited in 1899. Roussel also made a painting of the same view of sky, sea, and shore at Bognor Regis, located on the southern coast of England.

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