Brandywine in Between - Bill Ritchie (NEW)
Brandywine In-Between, Bill Ritchie

Brandywine In-Between

Artist

Bill Ritchie

Nationality

American

Heritage

European American

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Date

1988

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches

Edition Size

100 prints in this edition

Printer

Robert "Bob" Franklin

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Location

Philadelphia, PA

About the Work

From the Artist

I had been telling people I believed offset lithography could be elevated from its status as commercial reproduction only to the level of a fine art form. I was not alone, as many articles had been published saying the same thing for 20 years. Brandywine [Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia], however, was a pioneer in making fine art offset prints feasible and sustainable....

While I was working at Brandywine I met Alvin Loving and, as his rejects were being used to run my image for adjusting, one of his plates overlapped mine. We agreed to co-sign one of them, but we agreed only on one print and I gave it to him. I have none. From a snapshot I took I made an artist stamp.
—Excerpted from Dumb Hope: My Curious Life, vol. 5 Bill H. Ritchie, 1981-1990, pp. 290-293

About the Artist

Bill Ritchie

Artist, teacher and printmaker Bill Ritchie was born in Yakima, WA. He earned his BA from Central Washington University, Ellensburg, and MA from San Jose State University, CA.

Ritchie taught printmaking, video, and computer graphics at...

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