Auction Ends: Mar 15, 2015 10:00 PM CDT

Art

Frances Swigart Steg engravings - Architectura and Beyond

Item Number: 290

Estimated Value: 400 USD
Sold: 135 USD to Tunaduff

Number of Bids: 1 - Bid History

Item Description

You are bidding on this lovely engraving by local artist. Signed, titled and numbered. The engraving is shrink wrapped and ready for framing.

Frances Swigart (American, b. 1942)
Architectura and Beyond
Inscribed Artist's Proof (on the lower left), titled, (on the lower center) and signed Frances Swigart (on the lower right) in pencil; also with the raised Atelier stamp Etching with sepia intaglio on handmade mulberry paper

21 3/4 by 30 1/2 in. (sheet size)

ARTIST BIO:
From childhood Frances Swigart knew that art was her passion. Her undergraduate mentor was Sadie Irvine, who taught Frances at the Sacred Heart Convent in New Orleans. Frances received her BFA from Newcomb Art School of Tulane University. Her painting teacher was Ida Kohlmyer. She learned etching from James Steg, whom she married many years later. After graduating, she worked in the graphic art department of her father’s advertising agency. Later while teaching at the Hunter Museum of Art and the University of Tennessee, she started publishing her etchings with TransArt in Atlanta. On returning to New Orleans, she began printing from her own Atelier.
Frances Swigart creates original work, both prints and paintings. She personally prints and signs each limited edition. These are traditional intaglio and relief prints, not reproductions. Most are on handmade paper, often water colored. Her paintings are oil on gold, silver, and copper leaf on wood.

Item Special Note

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