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Ink on the Elbow

Conversations between David Esslemont & Gaylord Schanilec 

Contents   Illustrations   Edition details
  Esslemont linocuts              Click to enlarge                                Schanilec engraving
 

Esslemont's visits to the Schanilec home in Stockholm, Wisconsin, have provided the inspiration for these colour linocuts. Printed directly from the original blocks, each is displayed on a page of its own. The average size is 200 x 130 mm (8 x 5 inches) They include: portraits of the family, one of their dogs, their guesthouse, the old pickup, the prairie, the workshop and friends and neighbours.

These linocuts have also been printed in small separate editions and are available as individual signed prints at £30 ($60) each.

Schanilec engraving

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Schanilec's visits to the UK for the biannual Oxford Fine Press Book Fair have provided the subject for his thirty-three-inch panoramic colour engraving of Esslemont's homestead in Wales.

 

The glass building

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Collectors may also be interested in a linocut that was made for but not included in Ink on the Elbow: 'The glass building'. This has also been editioned and is available at £30 ($60).

 


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