Property of a Private Collector, Savannah, GA

Description:

Andre Gisson (1928 - 2003), Gallery Opening, 1987, Lithograph , pencil signed lower right, and numbered 189/275 lower left, depicting three women in an art gallery, matted and framed. Frame size: 29 in. x 33 in.

Prideaux John Selby, often called the British Audubon for his magnificent work. His collection, Illustrations of Ornithology, was the first British natural history to render all its subjects in their exact life size, as Audubons was the first to do so for American birds. In 1826 Selby took lessons in technique from Audubon in Edinburgh, and this is evidenced in the marvelous skill with which Selby portrayed his subjects. In depicting the birds in their life size, Selby produced prints of a larger size than any other prints of the period than those of Audubon, whose prints followed shortly. Selby employed the best British engravers and colorists of the time, and the large size of the prints allowed the most advantageous display of the fine work for which these prints are known. Finely engraved, accurate in detail, wonderfully colored, and strong and dramatic in appearance, Selby's prints are some of the best figures of British birds that have ever been published. (Kodner Gallery)

Measurements: Height: of image 18 7/8 in. x Width: 22 7/8 in.

Condition:

Good condition, minor toning, some surface dirt on mat, not viewed out of frame, wear to edges of frame.

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